Gryllodes sigillatus
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Gryllodes sigillatus, the tropical house cricket, Indian house cricket or banded cricket, is a small cricket probably native to southwestern Asia, but has spread throughout tropical regions worldwide. Like its relative the house cricket, the tropical house cricket is also raised commercially for feeding certain pets such as reptiles, birds, amphibians, and insectivorous arthropods. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Davao City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 3 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Las Vegas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Tijuana | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 8 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 10 | Torreón | 🇲🇽 México |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical House Cricket sighting in Davao City on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 35th most-seen of the 52 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical House Cricket in Davao City on a given day, against under 5% in May–October and December–March, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tropical House Cricket sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Among the best
Of the 41 cities where we can rate Tropical House Cricket sightings, Davao City ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Cochabamba (Bolivia, about 20%).
Same order: Orthoptera
The closest relatives of the Tropical House Cricket that you can see in Davao City (order Orthoptera, Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids) are Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper (about 50%) and Slender Green-Winged Grasshopper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tropical House Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Davao City (6 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.
