Occidryas chalcedona
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Variable Checkerspot sighting in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 24th most-seen of the 161 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.
May
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Variable Checkerspot in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, against under 5% in August to February, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Variable Checkerspot sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all 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 Variable Checkerspot sightings, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Joshua Tree National Park (United States, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Variable Checkerspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (24 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.
