Panoquina panoquinoides
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Panoquina panoquinoides, known generally as the obscure skipper or beach skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, North America, and South America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Padre Island National Seashore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Obscure Skipper sighting in Everglades National Park on a given day, based on 48 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 124th most-seen of the 496 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.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Obscure Skipper in Everglades National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June and August–September, the lowest months. That is one of Everglades National Park's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain against 240 mm in June.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Obscure Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Obscure Skipper sightings, Everglades National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 30%), Padre Island National Seashore (United States, about 10%) and Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (United States, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Obscure Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Everglades National Park (48 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.
