Melanoplus thomasi
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Melanoplus thomasi, or Thomas's two-striped grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central 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 Thomas's Two-Striped Grasshopper sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 255th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Thomas's Two-Striped Grasshopper in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to August, the lowest months. Those are among Big Bend National Park's wettest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in April.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Thomas's Two-Striped Grasshopper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
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 Thomas's Two-Striped Grasshopper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Melanoplus
The closest relatives of the Thomas's Two-Striped Grasshopper that you can see in Big Bend National Park (genus Melanoplus, North American Spur-throated Grasshoppers) are Canyon Grasshopper (about 10%), Differential Grasshopper (about 10%) and Arid Lands Spur-Throat Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Thomas's Two-Striped Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Bend National Park (9 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.
