Achlyodes pallida
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Sicklewing sighting in Mexico City on a given day, based on 316 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 557 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Sicklewing in Mexico City on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale Sicklewing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Pale Sicklewing sightings, Mexico City ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Puebla (México, about 10%) and Toluca (México, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Pale Sicklewing that you can see in Mexico City (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Dorantes Longtail (about 20%), Guava Skipper (about 10%) and Fiery Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale Sicklewing is recorded against all the insects logged in Mexico City (316 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.
