Gryllotalpa australis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Mole Cricket sighting in Melbourne on a given day, based on 82 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 167th most-seen of the 875 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March to July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Mole Cricket in Melbourne on a given day, against under 5% in August to February, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Mole Cricket 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 4 cities where we can rate Southern Mole Cricket sightings, Melbourne has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Sydney (Australia, under 5%) and Perth (Australia, under 5%).
Same order: Orthoptera
The closest relatives of the Southern Mole Cricket that you can see in Melbourne (order Orthoptera, Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids) are Wingless Grasshopper (about 10%), Australian Black Field Cricket (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 Southern Mole Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Melbourne (82 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.
