Where to see
Arcyptera fusca
Mercantour National Park leads · 5 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Large Banded Grasshopper during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Mercantour National Park
In Mercantour National Park, France, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Large Banded Grasshopper sighting on a given day, the highest of the 5 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Vanoise National Park and more
After Mercantour National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Large Banded Grasshopper are in Vanoise National Park (France, about 40%), Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 30%) and Ecrins National Park (France, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are August to November in Mercantour National Park (about 60%), August and September in Vanoise National Park (about 50%) and September in Aigüestortes National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Large Banded Grasshopper on a given day. Each park's Large Banded Grasshopper page has the full month-by-month chart.
