Myrmeleotettix maculatus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Myrmeleotettix maculatus is a species belonging to the subfamily Gomphocerinae and may be called the mottled grasshopper. It is found across the Palearctic east to Siberia. In the north, it is spread from the British Isles to Scandinavia and Russia, north to about the Arctic Circle, in the south to Morocco, over the south of Spain, Calabria and Greece to Turkey. They are found from sea level to about 2,500 meters above sea level, for example in the French Alps and the Balkans. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 2 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 3 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mottled Grasshopper sighting in Helsinki on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 325th most-seen of the 838 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mottled Grasshopper in Helsinki on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mottled Grasshopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Mottled Grasshopper sightings, Helsinki has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Warsaw (Poland, under 5%) and Birmingham (United Kingdom, under 5%).
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Mottled Grasshopper that you can see in Helsinki (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Meadow Grasshopper (about 10%), Common Field Grasshopper (about 10%) and Bow-Winged Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mottled Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Helsinki (27 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.
