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Callicista columella
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Padre Island National Seashore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | San Luis Potosí | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 7 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 8 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Callicista columella sighting in Everglades National Park on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 108th most-seen of the 496 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Callicista columella in Everglades National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and November, the lowest months. Those are among Everglades National Park's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain a month against 40 mm in March.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Callicista columella sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Callicista columella sightings, Everglades National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Big Cypress National Preserve (United States, about 10%) and Padre Island National Seashore (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Callicista columella that you can see in Everglades National Park (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Ceraunus Blue (about 20%), Cassius Blue (about 20%) and Atala (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Callicista columella is recorded against all the insects logged in Everglades National Park (45 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
