Gryllotalpa vineae
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Gryllotalpa vineae is a species of mole cricket in the family Gryllotalpidae. It is found in southwestern Europe and was first described by the entomologists H. C. Bennet-Clark and Blaine H. Goodposts in 1970 after having realised that it must be a different species from the European mole cricket because of its distinctive song. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Vineyard Mole-Cricket sighting in Lisbon on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 154th most-seen of the 441 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Vineyard Mole-Cricket in Lisbon on a given day, against under 5% in May–September and December–February, the lowest months. Those are among Lisbon's wettest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against almost none in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Vineyard Mole-Cricket sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Among the best
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Vineyard Mole-Cricket sightings, Lisbon ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Porto (Portugal, under 5%).
Same order: Orthoptera
The closest relatives of the Vineyard Mole-Cricket that you can see in Lisbon (order Orthoptera, Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids) are Egyptian Bird Grasshopper (about 10%), Common Maquis Grasshopper (about 10%) and Blue-Winged Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Vineyard Mole-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Lisbon (25 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.
