Where to see
Gomphocerus sibiricus
Mercantour National Park leads · 5 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Club-Legged Grasshopper during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 3 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Mercantour National Park
In Mercantour National Park, France, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Club-Legged Grasshopper sighting on a given day, the highest of the 5 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Hohe Tauern National Park and more
After Mercantour National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Club-Legged Grasshopper are in Hohe Tauern National Park (Austria, about 30%), Vanoise National Park (France, about 30%) and Ecrins National Park (France, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July to October in Mercantour National Park (about 50%), August and September in Hohe Tauern National Park (about 40%) and August in Vanoise National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Club-Legged Grasshopper on a given day. Each park's Club-Legged Grasshopper page has the full month-by-month chart.
