Exitianus exitiosus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Exitianus exitiosus, the gray lawn leafhopper, is a species of leafhopper in the family Cicadellidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gray Lawn Leafhopper sighting in Austin on a given day, based on 74 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 406th most-seen of the 1624 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–June and October–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gray Lawn Leafhopper in Austin on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and July–September, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gray Lawn Leafhopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Gray Lawn Leafhopper sightings, Austin ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Dallas (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Cicadellidae
The closest relatives of the Gray Lawn Leafhopper that you can see in Austin (family Cicadellidae, Typical Leafhoppers) are Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (about 10%), Excultanus excultus (about 10%) and Menosoma cinctum (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gray Lawn Leafhopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Austin (74 verified sightings), 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.
