Modest Aridland Scrub Jumper

Modest Aridland Scrub Jumper

Agroecotettix modestus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Big Bend National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

11 Verified sightings at Big Bend National Park From 2019 to 2026
11 In 1 park
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Modest Aridland Scrub Jumper in Big Bend National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Modest Aridland Scrub Jumper sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 169th most-seen of the 329 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.

When is the best time to see a Modest Aridland Scrub Jumper in Big Bend National Park?

September

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Modest Aridland Scrub Jumper in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, the lowest months. That is one of Big Bend National Park's wettest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 10 mm in April.

What time of day is best to see a Modest Aridland Scrub Jumper?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Modest Aridland Scrub Jumper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Modest Aridland Scrub Jumper?

Only Big Bend National Park, in our data

Big Bend National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Modest Aridland Scrub Jumper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Modest Aridland Scrub Jumper live in Big Bend National Park?

Same family: Acrididae

The closest relatives of the Modest Aridland Scrub Jumper that you can see in Big Bend National Park (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Gray Bird Grasshopper (about 20%), Pallid-Winged Grasshopper (about 20%) and Rainbow Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Modest Aridland Scrub Jumper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Modest Aridland Scrub Jumper is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Bend National Park (11 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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