Ochlodes sylvanoides
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Ochlodes sylvanoides, the woodland skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from British Columbia south to southern California, east to Montana, Colorado and Arizona. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Grand Teton National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Glacier National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Calgary | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Woodland Skipper sighting in Zion National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 65th most-seen of the 114 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Woodland Skipper in Zion National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–August and November–May, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Woodland Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Woodland Skipper sightings, Zion National Park ranks 9th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Olympic National Park (United States, about 10%), Death Valley National Park (United States, about 10%) and Grand Teton National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Woodland Skipper that you can see in Zion National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Rocky Mountain Duskywing (about 10%), Taxiles Skipper (about 10%) and Dun Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Woodland Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Zion National Park (7 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.
