Carinate Locust

Carinate Locust

Trilophidia annulata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Tokyo

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

229 Verified sightings at Tokyo
31 In all 3 parks From 2019 to 2026
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Carinate Locust

Trilophidia annulata is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Asia. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
2 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
3 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Xiuying District 🇨🇳 China
~50%
2 Tiruchirappalli 🇮🇳 India
~30%
3 Johor Bahru 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
4 Suzhou 🇨🇳 China
~20%
5 Coimbatore 🇮🇳 India
~20%
6 Prayagraj 🇮🇳 India
~20%
7 Nagoya 🇯🇵 Japan
~20%
8 Chennai 🇮🇳 India
~20%
9 Daejeon 🇰🇷 South Korea
~20%
10 Shanghai 🇨🇳 China
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Carinate Locust in Tokyo?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Carinate Locust sighting in Tokyo on a given day, based on 229 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 67th most-seen of the 1013 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Carinate Locust in Tokyo?

August and September

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Carinate Locust in Tokyo on a given day, against under 5% in December to May, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Carinate Locust?

Between 1 and 4 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Carinate Locust sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Tokyo the best place to see a Carinate Locust?

23rd of 38

Of the 38 cities where we can rate Carinate Locust sightings, Tokyo ranks 23rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Xiuying District (China, about 50%), Tiruchirappalli (India, about 30%) and Johor Bahru (Malaysia, about 30%).

Which relatives of the Carinate Locust live in Tokyo?

Same family: Acrididae

The closest relatives of the Carinate Locust that you can see in Tokyo (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Oriental Longheaded Locust (about 20%), Patanga japonica (about 10%) and Migratory Locust (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Carinate Locust sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Carinate Locust is recorded against all the insects logged in Tokyo (229 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.

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