Barbitistes serricauda
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Barbitistes serricauda, also known as the common saw bush cricket, is a species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is found in most of Europe. The imagines can be found from July to September on sunny forest edges and shrubs. They are mostly nocturnal. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Saw Bush-Cricket sighting in Munich on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 157th most-seen of the 521 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.
May, July–August and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Saw Bush-Cricket in Munich on a given day, against under 5% in June, September and November–April, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Saw Bush-Cricket sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Among the best
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Common Saw Bush-Cricket sightings, Munich ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Vienna (Austria, about 10%).
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Common Saw Bush-Cricket that you can see in Munich (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Great Green Bush-Cricket (about 10%), Southern Oak Bush-Cricket (about 10%) and Dark Bush-Cricket (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Saw Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Munich (17 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.
