Macrotona australis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The common macrotona (Macrotona australis) is found in southern and eastern Australia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Macrotona sighting in Melbourne on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 455th most-seen of the 875 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Macrotona in Melbourne on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Macrotona sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Melbourne, in our data
Melbourne is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Macrotona sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Common Macrotona that you can see in Melbourne (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Wingless Grasshopper (about 10%) and Giant Green Slantface (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Macrotona is recorded against all the insects logged in Melbourne (18 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.
