Cymaenes tripunctus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
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 Orlando on a given day, based on 73 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 32nd most-seen of the 294 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Three-Spotted Skipper in Orlando on a given day, against under 5% in January to April, the lowest months. That is one of Orlando's wettest months, with about 170 mm of rain against 50 mm in November.
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.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Three-Spotted Skipper sightings, Orlando ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic, about 20%) and Miami (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Three-Spotted Skipper that you can see in Orlando (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Fiery Skipper (about 10%), Horace's Duskywing (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 Orlando (73 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.
