Chitaura indica
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 Kozhikode on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 87th most-seen of the 138 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and October–November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Chitaura indica in Kozhikode on a given day, against under 5% in December to June, the lowest months. Those are among Kozhikode's wettest months, with about 250 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in January.
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.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Chitaura indica sightings, Kozhikode ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Thiruvananthapuram (India, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chitaura indica is recorded against all the insects logged in Kozhikode (8 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.
