Eastern Saw-Tailed Bush-Cricket

Eastern Saw-Tailed Bush-Cricket

Barbitistes constrictus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Bavarian Forest National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

28 Verified sightings at Bavarian Forest National Park From 2019 to 2026
35 In all 2 parks
October Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Eastern Saw-Tailed Bush-Cricket

Barbitistes constrictus is a species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is found in Austria, Belarus, Central European Russia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Kaliningrad Region, Latvia, Lithuania, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. The species is found mainly in coniferous forests. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
~10%
2 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Prague 🇨🇿 Czechia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Eastern Saw-Tailed Bush-Cricket in Bavarian Forest National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Saw-Tailed Bush-Cricket sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 150th most-seen of the 1115 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Eastern Saw-Tailed Bush-Cricket in Bavarian Forest National Park?

October

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Saw-Tailed Bush-Cricket in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Eastern Saw-Tailed Bush-Cricket?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eastern Saw-Tailed 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.

Is Bavarian Forest National Park the best place to see an Eastern Saw-Tailed Bush-Cricket?

Among the best

Of the 2 parks where we can rate Eastern Saw-Tailed Bush-Cricket sightings, Bavarian Forest National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Tatra National Park (Slovakia, about 10%).

Where does the Eastern Saw-Tailed Bush-Cricket sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Eastern Saw-Tailed Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest National Park (28 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.

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