Acanthacris ruficornis
In 3 days ~70% 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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Locust sighting in Lusaka on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 14th most-seen of the 72 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and June
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Locust in Lusaka on a given day, against under 5% in October to January, the lowest months. Those are among Lusaka's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 210 mm in January.
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.
Yes
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Garden Locust sightings, Lusaka has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Casablanca (Morocco, about 30%) and Kigali (Rwanda, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Garden Locust is recorded against all the insects logged in Lusaka (24 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.
