What are the chances of seeing a Chinese Green Bush Cricket in Nanjing?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chinese Green Bush Cricket sighting in Nanjing on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 188th most-seen of the 272 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
When is the best time to see a Chinese Green Bush Cricket in Nanjing?
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Chinese Green Bush Cricket in Nanjing on a given day, against under 5% in August to April, the lowest months. That is one of Nanjing's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain against 40 mm in December.
Where else can you see a Chinese Green Bush Cricket?
Only Nanjing, in our data
Nanjing is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Chinese Green Bush Cricket sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Chinese Green Bush Cricket live in Nanjing?
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Chinese Green Bush Cricket that you can see in Nanjing (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Black-Kneed Meadow Katydid (about 10%), Ducetia japonica (about 10%) and Mecopoda niponensis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Chinese Green Bush Cricket sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chinese Green Bush Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Nanjing (8 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.