Platycleis affinis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Platycleis affinis is an insect species belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae of family Tettigoniidae. It is found in Southern Europe. Research led by Karim Vahed found that the testes of this bush cricket account for 14% of its total body weight. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bucharest | 🇷🇴 Romania |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tuberous Bush-Cricket sighting in Bucharest on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 194th most-seen of the 361 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tuberous Bush-Cricket in Bucharest on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tuberous 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.
Only Bucharest, in our data
Bucharest is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Tuberous Bush-Cricket sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Tuberous Bush-Cricket that you can see in Bucharest (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are White-Faced Bush-Cricket (about 10%), Great Green Bush-Cricket (about 10%) and Raymond's Bush-Cricket (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tuberous Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Bucharest (8 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.
