Ocybadistes walkeri
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Ocybadistes walkeri, the greenish grass-dart, green grass-dart, southern dart or yellow-banded dart, is a type of butterfly known as a skipper found in eastern and southern Australia, with one subspecies found in the Northern Territory.
The larvae feed on Dianella, Brachypodium distachyon, Cynodon dactylon, Erharta erecta, Panicum maximum, Pennisetum clandestinum and Thuarea involuta. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Banded Dart sighting in Royal National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 83rd most-seen of the 175 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Banded Dart in Royal National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–July and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Banded Dart sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Yellow-Banded Dart sightings, Royal National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Lamington National Park (Australia, about 20%) and Blue Mountains National Park (Australia, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-Banded Dart that you can see in Royal National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Splendid Ochre (about 10%) and Orange Palm Dart (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Banded Dart is recorded against all the insects logged in Royal National Park (12 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.
