Gegenes pumilio
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Gegenes pumilio, the pigmy skipper or dark Hottentot, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea through Anatolia to the Himalaya and southwards through Africa to Madagascar.
The length of the forewings is about 14 mm. Adults are on wing from April to October in multiple generations. The larvae feed on various grasses, including Gramineae species as well as Pennisetum clandestinum, Ehrharta (including Ehrharta erecta) and Cynodon species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Tel Aviv | 🇮🇱 Israel |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pygmy Skipper sighting in Tel Aviv on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 172nd most-seen of the 264 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pygmy Skipper in Tel Aviv on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–August and October–January, the lowest months.
Only Tel Aviv, in our data
Tel Aviv is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pygmy Skipper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Pygmy Skipper that you can see in Tel Aviv (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Pale Small-Branded Swift (about 20%), Mallow Skipper (about 10%) and Olive-Haired Swift (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pygmy Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Tel Aviv (9 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.
