Lerema accius
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Lerema accius, the clouded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from Georgia west to Texas, south to Florida, and south through Mexico and Central America to Venezuela and Colombia.
The wingspan is 32–45 mm. Adults are on wing year round in Florida and southern Texas. The larvae feed on various grasses including Saccharum giganteum, Stenotaphrum secundatum, Erianthus alopecturoides and Echinochloa povietianum. Adults feed on the nectar of various pink, purple, or white flowers, including shepherd's needle, selfheal, vervain, buttonbush and lantana. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Congaree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Clouded Skipper sighting in Miami on a given day, based on 41 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 236th most-seen of the 826 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Clouded Skipper in Miami on a given day, against under 5% in October to August, the lowest months. That is one of Miami's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain against 45 mm in January.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Clouded Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Clouded Skipper sightings, Miami ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Austin (United States, about 10%), San Antonio (United States, about 10%) and Dallas (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Clouded Skipper that you can see in Miami (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Horace's Duskywing (about 20%), Fiery Skipper (about 10%) and Three-Spotted Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Clouded Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Miami (41 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.
