Pyrgomorpha conica
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Pyrgomorpha conica is a species of pyrgomorph (gaudy grasshoppers) native to Africa, Western Asia and Southern Europe. Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cone-Headed Grasshopper sighting in Tel Aviv on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 130th most-seen of the 264 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.
March–April and August–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cone-Headed Grasshopper in Tel Aviv on a given day, against under 5% in May–July and November–February, the lowest months. Those are among Tel Aviv's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 90 mm in January.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cone-Headed 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.
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Of the 2 cities where we can rate Cone-Headed Grasshopper sightings, Tel Aviv has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Madrid (Spain, under 5%).
Same order: Orthoptera
The closest relatives of the Cone-Headed Grasshopper that you can see in Tel Aviv (order Orthoptera, Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids) are Lamenting Grasshopper (about 10%), Morphacris fasciata (about 10%) and Mediterranean Katydid (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cone-Headed Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Tel Aviv (12 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.
