Aiolopus strepens
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Aiolopus strepens is a species of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae, subfamily Oedipodinae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Broad Green-Winged Grasshopper sighting in Istanbul on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 156th most-seen of the 266 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–May and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Broad Green-Winged Grasshopper in Istanbul on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and September–February, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Broad Green-Winged 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.
7th of 10
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Broad Green-Winged Grasshopper sightings, Istanbul ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Algiers (Algeria, about 30%), Turin (Italy, about 20%) and Sofia (Bulgaria, about 10%).
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Broad Green-Winged Grasshopper that you can see in Istanbul (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Egyptian Bird Grasshopper (about 10%), Common Maquis Grasshopper (about 10%) and Mediterranean Slant-Faced Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Broad Green-Winged Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Istanbul (9 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.
