Acanthacris ruficornis
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Acanthacris ruficornis is a species of bird grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Africa and southern Europe. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 2 | Casablanca | 🇲🇦 Morocco | |
| 3 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Marrakesh | 🇲🇦 Morocco | |
| 8 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
No species of the same family or order lives in Kigali, so these are its closest relatives here: other insects.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Locust sighting in Kigali on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 10th most-seen of the 25 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, April and September
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Locust in Kigali on a given day, against under 5% in January, May–June, August and October–November, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Garden Locust sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 10
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Garden Locust sightings, Kigali ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Lusaka (Zambia, about 30%) and Casablanca (Morocco, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Garden Locust is recorded against all the insects logged in Kigali (10 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.
