Hedone vibex
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Congaree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Whirlabout sighting in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 48 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 25th most-seen of the 189 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.
March
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Whirlabout in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against about 10% in April to February, the lowest months. That is one of Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 210 mm in September.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Whirlabout sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Whirlabout sightings, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 20%).
Same genus: Polites
The closest relatives of the Whirlabout that you can see in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (genus Polites) are Southern Broken-Dash (about 10%) and Tawny-Edged Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Whirlabout is recorded against all the insects logged in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (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.
