Cymaenes tripunctus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Cymaenes tripunctus, known generally as the three-spotted skipper or dingy dotted skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, Florida, and South America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Three-Spotted Skipper sighting in Miami on a given day, based on 416 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 34th most-seen of the 826 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.
August and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Three-Spotted Skipper in Miami on a given day, against about 10% in October to July, the lowest months. Those are among Miami's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain a month against 45 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Three-Spotted Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Three-Spotted Skipper sightings, Miami ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic, about 20%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Three-Spotted Skipper that you can see in Miami (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Horace's Duskywing (about 20%), Fiery Skipper (about 10%) and Long-Tailed Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Three-Spotted Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Miami (416 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.
