Systasea zampa
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Systasea zampa, the Arizona powdered-skipper, is a species of spread-wing skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Arizona Powdered-Skipper sighting in Mesa on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 161st most-seen of the 232 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Arizona Powdered-Skipper in Mesa on a given day, against under 5% in May–August and October–March, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Arizona Powdered-Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Mesa, in our data
Mesa is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Arizona Powdered-Skipper sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Arizona Powdered-Skipper that you can see in Mesa (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Fiery Skipper (about 30%) and Funereal Duskywing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Arizona Powdered-Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Mesa (11 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
