Acanthacris ruficornis
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Acanthacris ruficornis is a species of bird grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Africa and southern Europe. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 2 | Casablanca | 🇲🇦 Morocco | |
| 3 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Marrakesh | 🇲🇦 Morocco | |
| 8 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Locust sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 212 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 21st most-seen of the 311 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March to May
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Locust in Cape Town on a given day, against about 10% in June to February, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Garden Locust sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 10
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Garden Locust sightings, Cape Town ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Lusaka (Zambia, about 30%), Casablanca (Morocco, about 30%) and Kigali (Rwanda, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Garden Locust is recorded against all the insects logged in Cape Town (212 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.
