Obolopteryx oreoeca
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Obolopteryx oreoeca, commonly known as the mountain-dwelling short-winged katydid, is a species of phaneropterine katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is found in North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain-Dwelling Short-Winged Katydid sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 131st 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.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain-Dwelling Short-Winged Katydid in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to May, 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.
Between 11 pm and 2 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mountain-Dwelling Short-Winged Katydid sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
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 Mountain-Dwelling Short-Winged Katydid sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Mountain-Dwelling Short-Winged Katydid that you can see in Big Bend National Park (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Greater Arid-Land Katydid (about 10%), Bruner Shieldback (about 10%) and Elegant Bush Katydid (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mountain-Dwelling Short-Winged Katydid is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Bend National Park (16 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.
