Ephippiger diurnus
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Western Saddle Bush-Cricket sighting in Cévennes National Park on a given day, based on 260 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 996 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August to November
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Western Saddle Bush-Cricket in Cévennes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January to April, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Western Saddle 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.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Western Saddle Bush-Cricket sightings, Cévennes National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 40%).
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Western Saddle Bush-Cricket that you can see in Cévennes National Park (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Great Green Bush-Cricket (about 30%), Wart-Biter (about 20%) and French Mountain Bush-Cricket (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Western Saddle Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Cévennes National Park (260 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.
