Chitaura indica
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Chitaura indica is a species of grasshopper found in South India. It was described by Boris Uvarov in 1929 based on specimens collected from Siddapura in the Karnataka part of the Western Ghats. Despite his original paper introduction mentioning that the holotype of this species along with nine other described by him in the paper was deposited in Natural History Museum of Geneva collections, it was the paratype that was actually deposited in the Geneva collections. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chitaura indica sighting in Kochi on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 158th most-seen of the 428 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–October and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chitaura indica in Kochi on a given day, against under 5% in February–March and November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chitaura indica sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Chitaura indica sightings, Kochi ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Thiruvananthapuram (India, about 20%) and Kozhikode (India, about 10%).
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Chitaura indica that you can see in Kochi (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Rufous-Legged Grasshopper (about 10%), Spathosternum prasiniferum (about 10%) and Carinate Locust (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chitaura indica is recorded against all the insects logged in Kochi (29 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.
