Phymateus viridipes
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Phymateus viridipes, also known as the green milkweed locust or African bush grasshopper, is an African locust in the family Pyrgomorphidae (gaudy grasshoppers). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 5 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Green Milkweed Locust sighting in Johannesburg on a given day, based on 74 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th most-seen of the 213 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May and September
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Green Milkweed Locust in Johannesburg on a given day, against under 5% in January and February, the lowest months. Those are among Johannesburg's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 130 mm in December.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Milkweed Locust sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Green Milkweed Locust sightings, Johannesburg ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Pretoria (South Africa, about 20%).
Same family: Pyrgomorphidae
The closest relatives of the Green Milkweed Locust that you can see in Johannesburg (family Pyrgomorphidae, Gaudy Grasshoppers) are Elegant Grasshopper (about 10%) and Koppie Foam Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Milkweed Locust is recorded against all the insects logged in Johannesburg (74 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.
