Ephippiger diurnus
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Western Saddle Bush-Cricket sighting in Aigüestortes National Park on a given day, based on 46 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 18th most-seen of the 256 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and October
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Western Saddle Bush-Cricket in Aigüestortes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to June, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Western Saddle Bush-Cricket sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Western Saddle Bush-Cricket sightings, Aigüestortes National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Cévennes National Park (France, about 30%) and Pyrénées National Park (France, about 20%).
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Western Saddle Bush-Cricket that you can see in Aigüestortes National Park (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Wart-Biter (about 30%), Pyrenean Bush-Cricket (about 30%) and Great Green Bush-Cricket (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Western Saddle Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Aigüestortes National Park (46 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.
