Poanes viator
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Poanes viator, the broad-winged skipper, is a skipper butterfly found in North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 8 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Broad-Winged Skipper sighting in New York City on a given day, based on 295 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 130th most-seen of the 1623 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Broad-Winged Skipper in New York City on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months.
Yes
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Broad-Winged Skipper sightings, New York City has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Baltimore (United States, about 10%) and Boston (United States, under 5%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Broad-Winged Skipper that you can see in New York City (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Zabulon Skipper (about 10%), Silver-Spotted Skipper (about 10%) and Peck's Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Broad-Winged Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in New York City (295 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.
