Gryllodes sigillatus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Gryllodes sigillatus, the tropical house cricket, Indian house cricket or banded cricket, is a small cricket probably native to southwestern Asia, but has spread throughout tropical regions worldwide. Like its relative the house cricket, the tropical house cricket is also raised commercially for feeding certain pets such as reptiles, birds, amphibians, and insectivorous arthropods. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Davao City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 3 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Las Vegas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Tijuana | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 8 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 10 | Torreón | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical House Cricket sighting in Phoenix on a given day, based on 133 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 14th most-seen of the 264 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July–September and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical House Cricket in Phoenix on a given day, against about 10% in October and December–June, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tropical House Cricket sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
5th of 41
Of the 41 cities where we can rate Tropical House Cricket sightings, Phoenix ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cochabamba (Bolivia, about 20%), Davao City (Philippines, about 20%) and Mesa (United States, about 20%).
Same order: Orthoptera
The closest relatives of the Tropical House Cricket that you can see in Phoenix (order Orthoptera, Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids) are Pallid-Winged Grasshopper (about 20%), Gray Bird Grasshopper (about 20%) and Elegant Bush Katydid (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tropical House Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Phoenix (133 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.
