Meconema meridionale
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Meconema meridionale is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae, known as the southern oak bush cricket. It commonly measures 14 to 17 mm in length (not including antennae) and is carnivorous, arboreal and nocturnal. It has a more southerly distribution than its relative, Meconema thalassinum, being found in southern France, southwestern Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, the former Yugoslavia and, since 2001, the United Kingdom. It is a predator of the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
It is considered a species of least concern on the IUCN Red List as it is "widespread and common, and the population size is very large". Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | 🇭🇷 Croatia | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 4 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Amsterdam | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 6 | Prague | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 7 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 8 | Rotterdam [The Hague] | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 9 | Essen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Oak Bush-Cricket sighting in Cologne on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 54th most-seen of the 235 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Oak Bush-Cricket in Cologne on a given day, against under 5% in December to May, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Oak Bush-Cricket sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
14th of 19
Of the 19 cities where we can rate Southern Oak Bush-Cricket sightings, Cologne ranks 14th at about 10%. The best odds are in Berlin (Germany, about 20%), London (United Kingdom, about 20%) and Hamburg (Germany, about 20%).
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Southern Oak Bush-Cricket that you can see in Cologne (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Great Green Bush-Cricket (about 20%), Speckled Bush-Cricket (about 10%) and Dark Bush-Cricket (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Oak Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Cologne (20 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.
