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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Chortophaga viridifasciata, the green-striped grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America, ranging from British Columbia to the Gulf of Mexico (mostly east of the Rocky Mountains), south to Costa Rica.
Green-striped grasshoppers inhabit relatively moist areas of short grass, such as roadsides and hay meadows. The green-striped grasshopper is single-brooded in the North and west of the Great Plains but is multiple-brooded in the Southeast.
In the single-brooded range, green-striped grasshoppers' eggs are laid early in the summer season. These eggs hatch later in the same summer. The nymphs will molt three to four times before winter. The nymphs survive through the winter and then molt one or two more times to reach adulthood. C. viridifasciata is often the first grasshopper to appear in early spring because of its overwintering.
Green-striped grasshoppers typically have five instars during development. Their size ranges from 23 to 30 mm for males and 28 to 38 mm for females. Females are typically green and males are typically brown but there is... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Green-Striped Grasshopper sighting in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 101st most-seen of the 262 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, April–May and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Green-Striped Grasshopper in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, against under 5% in February, July and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Green-Striped Grasshopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Southern Green-Striped Grasshopper sightings, Big Cypress National Preserve ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Everglades National Park (United States, about 20%).
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Southern Green-Striped 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 Southern Green-Striped Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Cypress National Preserve (13 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.
