Steppe Spiny Bush-Cricket

Steppe Spiny Bush-Cricket

Gampsocleis glabra

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

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

49 Verified sightings at Cévennes National Park From 2019 to 2026
55 In all 2 parks
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Steppe Spiny Bush-Cricket

Gampsocleis glabra is a species of bush crickets belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. It is found over most of mainland Europe East to the Caspian and Black Sea. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~20%
2 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Steppe Spiny Bush-Cricket in Cévennes National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Steppe Spiny Bush-Cricket sighting in Cévennes National Park on a given day, based on 49 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 183rd most-seen of the 996 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.

When is the best time to see a Steppe Spiny Bush-Cricket in Cévennes National Park?

July to September

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Steppe Spiny Bush-Cricket in Cévennes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months. Those are among Cévennes National Park's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain a month against 260 mm in October.

What time of day is best to see a Steppe Spiny Bush-Cricket?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Steppe Spiny Bush-Cricket sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Cévennes National Park the best place to see a Steppe Spiny Bush-Cricket?

2nd of 2

Of the 2 parks where we can rate Steppe Spiny Bush-Cricket sightings, Cévennes National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Kiskunság National Park (Hungary, about 20%).

Which relatives of the Steppe Spiny Bush-Cricket live in Cévennes National Park?

Same family: Tettigoniidae

The closest relatives of the Steppe Spiny Bush-Cricket that you can see in Cévennes National Park (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Western Saddle Bush-Cricket (about 30%), Great Green Bush-Cricket (about 30%) and Wart-Biter (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Steppe Spiny Bush-Cricket sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Steppe Spiny Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Cévennes National Park (49 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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