Oarisma aurantiaca
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Las Vegas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Orange Skipperling sighting in Saguaro National Park on a given day, based on 132 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 28th most-seen of the 354 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.
September and October
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Orange Skipperling in Saguaro National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, the lowest month.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange Skipperling sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Orange Skipperling sightings, Saguaro National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Big Bend National Park (United States, about 30%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Orange Skipperling that you can see in Saguaro National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Arizona Powdered-Skipper (about 20%), Funereal Duskywing (about 20%) and Fiery Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange Skipperling is recorded against all the insects logged in Saguaro National Park (132 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.
