Pyrgus scriptura
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Pyrgus scriptura, the small checkered skipper, is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It is found from the Texas to Montana, southeastern Alberta, and southwestern Saskatchewan. The wingspan is 16–22 mm. There are two generations from May to August.
The larva feed Malvaceae spp. and Sida hederacea. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Small Checkered-Skipper sighting in Joshua Tree National Park on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 67th most-seen of the 190 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.
August to November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Small Checkered-Skipper in Joshua Tree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Small Checkered-Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Joshua Tree National Park, in our data
Joshua Tree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Small Checkered-Skipper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Small Checkered-Skipper that you can see in Joshua Tree National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are White Checkered-Skipper (about 20%), Funereal Duskywing (about 20%) and Northern White-Skipper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Small Checkered-Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Joshua Tree National Park (26 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.
