Panoquina panoquinoides
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 47th most-seen of the 189 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and August–September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Obscure Skipper in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against under 5% in July and December, the lowest months.
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.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Obscure Skipper sightings, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 30%) and Padre Island National Seashore (United States, about 10%).
Same genus: Panoquina
The closest relatives of the Obscure Skipper that you can see in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (genus Panoquina) are Salt Marsh Skipper (about 30%) and Ocola Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Obscure Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (30 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.
