Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper

Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper

Pseudoxya diminuta

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Jakarta

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%

11 Verified sightings at Jakarta
333 In all 10 parks From 2019 to 2026
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper

Pseudoxya diminuta is a species of grasshopper in the monotypic genus Pseudoxya (subfamily Oxyinae). This species occurs in Indochina, Malesia, and southern China. The holotype is a male from Yunnan, China. Media related to Pseudoxya at Wikimedia Commons

Data related to Oxyini at Wikispecies Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~50%
2 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
3 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~20%
4 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~20%
5 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
6 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
7 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
8 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~10%
9 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
10 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Davao City 🇵🇭 Philippines
~50%
2 Xiuying District 🇨🇳 China
~50%
3 Manila 🇵🇭 Philippines
~30%
4 Ho Chi Minh City 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~30%
5 Taichung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~30%
6 Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%
7 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%
8 Hanoi 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~20%
9 Fuzhou 🇨🇳 China
~20%
10 Tainan 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper in Jakarta?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper sighting in Jakarta on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 130th most-seen of the 239 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.

When is the best time to see a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper in Jakarta?

June

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper in Jakarta on a given day, against under 5% in April, August and October–January, the lowest months. That is one of Jakarta's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 370 mm in February.

What time of day is best to see a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Short-Winged Rice 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.

Is Jakarta the best place to see a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper?

16th of 18

Of the 18 cities where we can rate Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper sightings, Jakarta ranks 16th at about 10%. The best odds are in Davao City (Philippines, about 50%), Xiuying District (China, about 50%) and Manila (Philippines, about 30%).

Which relatives of the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper live in Jakarta?

Same family: Acrididae

The closest relatives of the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper that you can see in Jakarta (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Javanese Grasshopper (about 30%), Caryanda spuria (about 30%) and Rufous-Legged Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Jakarta (11 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.

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