Patanga succincta
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Patanga succincta, the Bombay locust, is a species of locust found in India and southeast Asia. Usually a solitary insect, only in India has it has exhibited swarming behaviour. The last plague of this locust was in that country between 1901 and 1908 and there have not been any swarms since 1927. It is thought that the behaviour of the insects has altered because of changing practices in agricultural land use.
Newly hatched Bombay locust nymphs are green with black spots. After they have grown and shed their skin several times they become more variable in colour. Some are plain green, and others are either orange-brown or green with a black spot at the base of each wingpad. The immature adults are at first pale brown with a yellowish dorsal stripe and a dark-coloured prothorax with two lateral pale bands. After six to eight weeks the general colour becomes darker and changes to a rosy red colour, particularly noticeable on the hind wings. When the locusts become mature the following year, they turn dark brown.
The Bombay locust is found in India, Southwest Asia and Southeast Asia. Its range extends from India and Pakistan to Thailand... Wikipedia →
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Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Bombay Locust sighting in Naha on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 16th most-seen of the 94 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.
September and November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Bombay Locust in Naha on a given day, against under 5% in January, the lowest month.
Only Naha, in our data
Naha is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bombay Locust sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Bombay Locust that you can see in Naha (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Traulia ornata (about 40%), Slender Green-Winged Grasshopper (about 30%) and Oriental Longheaded Locust (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bombay Locust is recorded against all the insects logged in Naha (29 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.
