Eritettix simplex
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Eritettix simplex, known generally as the velvet-striped grasshopper or velvet-striped locust, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America. Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Velvet-Striped Grasshopper sighting in Denver on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 317th most-seen of the 461 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.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Velvet-Striped Grasshopper in Denver on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Only Denver, in our data
Denver is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Velvet-Striped Grasshopper sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Velvet-Striped Grasshopper that you can see in Denver (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Two-Striped Grasshopper (about 20%), Differential Grasshopper (about 10%) and Carolina Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Velvet-Striped Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Denver (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.
