Pyrgomorpha conica
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Pyrgomorpha conica is a species of pyrgomorph (gaudy grasshoppers) native to Africa, Western Asia and Southern Europe. Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cone-Headed Grasshopper sighting in Madrid on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 218th most-seen of the 457 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.
April–May and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cone-Headed Grasshopper in Madrid on a given day, against under 5% in June–September and December–March, the lowest months. Those are among Madrid's wettest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in July.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cone-Headed Grasshopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Cone-Headed Grasshopper sightings, Madrid ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Tel Aviv (Israel, about 10%).
Same order: Orthoptera
The closest relatives of the Cone-Headed Grasshopper that you can see in Madrid (order Orthoptera, Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids) are Egyptian Bird Grasshopper (about 20%), Great Green Bush-Cricket (about 10%) and White-Faced Bush-Cricket (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cone-Headed Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Madrid (14 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.
