Hieroglyphus banian
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Hieroglyphus banian is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is a pest of millets such as sorghum, pearl millet, and finger millet in India. It is an annual pest and the eggs require the cycle of dry summer followed by monsoon rains to hatch.
The species has an olfactory neuronal pathway remarkably similar to that of Schistocerca. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rice Grasshopper sighting in Mumbai on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 176th most-seen of the 362 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.
July to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rice Grasshopper in Mumbai on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, the lowest months. Those are among Mumbai's wettest months, with about 610 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
Only Mumbai, in our data
Mumbai is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rice Grasshopper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Rice Grasshopper that you can see in Mumbai (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Spathosternum prasiniferum (about 10%), Carinate Locust (about 10%) and Rufous-Legged Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rice Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Mumbai (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.
