Ligurotettix coquilletti
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Ligurotettix coquilletti, known generally as the desert clicker grasshopper or creosote bush grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. As its common name suggests, the species feeds on Larrea tridentata. It is found in Central America and North America, in North America specifically in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. Males defend individual creosote plants as mating territories, often preferring plants with lower amounts of toxic chemicals. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Clicker Grasshopper sighting in Phoenix on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 209th most-seen of the 264 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Clicker Grasshopper in Phoenix on a given day, against under 5% in October to July, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Desert Clicker Grasshopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Phoenix, in our data
Phoenix is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Desert Clicker Grasshopper sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Desert Clicker Grasshopper that you can see in Phoenix (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Pallid-Winged Grasshopper (about 20%) and Gray Bird Grasshopper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Desert Clicker Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Phoenix (6 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.
