Scudderia furcata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Scudderia furcata is a species in the family Tettigoniidae ("katydids"), in the order Orthoptera ("grasshoppers, crickets, katydids"). A common name for Scudderia furcata is fork-tailed bush katydid. The distribution range of Scudderia furcata includes North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Fork-Tailed Bush Katydid sighting in Portland on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 209th most-seen of the 507 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 Fork-Tailed Bush Katydid in Portland on a given day, against under 5% in October to July, the lowest months. Those are among Portland's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain a month against 250 mm in December.
6th of 18
Of the 18 cities where we can rate Fork-Tailed Bush Katydid sightings, Portland ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Dallas (United States, about 10%), Austin (United States, about 10%) and Vancouver (Canada, under 5%).
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Fork-Tailed Bush Katydid that you can see in Portland (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Mediterranean Katydid (about 20%) and Oak Bush-Cricket (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fork-Tailed Bush Katydid is recorded against all the insects logged in Portland (23 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.
