Cymaenes tripunctus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
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 Everglades National Park on a given day, based on 92 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 53rd most-seen of the 496 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August–September and November–January
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Three-Spotted Skipper in Everglades National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February–July and October, the lowest months.
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.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Three-Spotted Skipper sightings, Everglades National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Big Cypress National Preserve (United States, about 20%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Three-Spotted Skipper that you can see in Everglades National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Antillean Hammock Skipper (about 20%), Mangrove Skipper (about 20%) and Ocola Skipper (about 20%), 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 Everglades National Park (92 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.
