Methiolopsis geniculata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Methiolopsis is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. The only species in the genus is Methiolopsis geniculata, sometimes called the "little black knees," found in eastern Australia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Little Black-Knees sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 636th most-seen of the 1083 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Little Black-Knees in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in February to December, the lowest months. That is one of Brisbane's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain against 40 mm in July.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Little Black-Knees sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Little Black-Knees sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Little Black-Knees is recorded against all the insects logged in Brisbane (13 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.
