Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper

Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper

Pseudoxya diminuta

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Manila

In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%

124 Verified sightings at Manila
333 In all 10 parks From 2019 to 2026
January Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper

Pseudoxya diminuta is a species of grasshopper in the monotypic genus Pseudoxya (subfamily Oxyinae). This species occurs in Indochina, Malesia, and southern China. The holotype is a male from Yunnan, China. Media related to Pseudoxya at Wikimedia Commons

Data related to Oxyini at Wikispecies Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~50%
2 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
3 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~20%
4 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~20%
5 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
6 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
7 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
8 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~10%
9 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
10 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Davao City 🇵🇭 Philippines
~50%
2 Xiuying District 🇨🇳 China
~50%
3 Manila 🇵🇭 Philippines
~30%
4 Ho Chi Minh City 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~30%
5 Taichung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~30%
6 Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%
7 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%
8 Hanoi 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~20%
9 Fuzhou 🇨🇳 China
~20%
10 Tainan 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper in Manila?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper sighting in Manila on a given day, based on 124 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 122 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.

When is the best time to see a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper in Manila?

January–February and July–September

In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper in Manila on a given day, against about 20% in April–May and October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Manila the best place to see a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper?

3rd of 18

Of the 18 cities where we can rate Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper sightings, Manila ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Davao City (Philippines, about 50%) and Xiuying District (China, about 50%).

Where does the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Manila (124 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.

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