Conocephalus melaenus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Conocephalus melaenus, sometimes known as the black-kneed conehead or black-kneed meadow katydid is a species of Tettigoniidae found in China, Taiwan, Japan, Nepal, India, Indo-China and western Malesia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 5 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guiyang | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 2 | Sendai | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 3 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Nanjing | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 6 | Fuzhou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 7 | Tasikmalaya | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Taipei | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 10 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Kneed Meadow Katydid sighting in Kolkata on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 108th most-seen of the 213 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.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Kneed Meadow Katydid in Kolkata on a given day, against under 5% in October to February, the lowest months. That is one of Kolkata's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 330 mm in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-Kneed Meadow Katydid sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
15th of 19
Of the 19 cities where we can rate Black-Kneed Meadow Katydid sightings, Kolkata ranks 15th at about 10%. The best odds are in Guiyang (China, about 30%), Sendai (Japan, about 20%) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia, about 20%).
Same order: Orthoptera
The closest relatives of the Black-Kneed Meadow Katydid that you can see in Kolkata (order Orthoptera, Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids) are Spathosternum prasiniferum (about 10%), Tropical House Cricket (about 10%) and Slender Green-Winged Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-Kneed Meadow Katydid is recorded against all the insects logged in Kolkata (22 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.
