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Polygonia vaualbum
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riding Mountain National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 2 | Isle Royale National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Elk Island National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Denali National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Jasper National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Glacier National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sapporo | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 2 | Edmonton | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 5 | Yekaterinburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 6 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Calgary | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Polygonia vaualbum sighting in Glacier National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 119th most-seen of the 147 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Polygonia vaualbum in Glacier National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and September–April, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Polygonia vaualbum sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Polygonia vaualbum sightings, Glacier National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Riding Mountain National Park (Canada, about 20%), Isle Royale National Park (United States, about 20%) and Elk Island National Park (Canada, about 10%).
Same genus: Polygonia
The closest relatives of the Polygonia vaualbum that you can see in Glacier National Park (genus Polygonia, Commas) are Hoary Comma (about 20%), Satyr Comma (about 20%) and Green Comma (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Polygonia vaualbum is recorded against all the insects logged in Glacier National Park (6 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.
