Cyrtacanthacris tatarica
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica, the brown-spotted locust, is a species of bird grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in the Afrotropics and Indomalaya. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Ho Chi Minh City | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Coimbatore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 5 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Hyderabad | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown‐spotted Locust sighting in Nairobi on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 15th most-seen of the 123 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Brown‐spotted Locust in Nairobi on a given day, against under 5% in September and November, the lowest months. That is one of Nairobi's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain against 25 mm in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown‐spotted Locust sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Brown‐spotted Locust sightings, Nairobi has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam, about 20%) and Coimbatore (India, about 20%).
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Brown‐spotted Locust that you can see in Nairobi (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Notched Shield Grasshopper (about 20%), Gymnobothrus flexuosus (about 10%) and Garden Locust (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown‐spotted Locust is recorded against all the insects logged in Nairobi (24 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.
