Amblytropidia mysteca
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Amblytropidia mysteca, the brown winter grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Winter Grasshopper sighting in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 154th most-seen of the 262 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Winter Grasshopper in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, against under 5% in May–July and September–November, the lowest months. That is one of Big Cypress National Preserve's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain against 40 mm in March.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown Winter Grasshopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Brown Winter Grasshopper sightings, Big Cypress National Preserve has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Everglades National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Brown Winter Grasshopper that you can see in Big Cypress National Preserve (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Long-Headed Toothpick Grasshopper (about 20%), Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper (about 10%) and Cuban Bird Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown Winter Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Cypress National Preserve (10 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.
