Meconema thalassinum
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Meconema thalassinum is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae known as the oak bush-cricket and drumming katydid. It is native to Europe, including the British Isles, and was introduced to the United States, first established in the west of Long Island and extending its range to Rhode Island and Scarsdale, Stony Brook, and Ithaca, New York. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 2 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 3 | Stockholm | 🇸🇪 Sweden | |
| 4 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 8 | Detroit | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Oak Bush-Cricket sighting in Toronto on a given day, based on 441 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 52nd most-seen of the 1689 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.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Oak Bush-Cricket in Toronto on a given day, against under 5% in December to May, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Oak Bush-Cricket sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
6th of 22
Of the 22 cities where we can rate Oak Bush-Cricket sightings, Toronto ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Copenhagen (Denmark, about 20%), Kyiv (Ukraine, about 10%) and Stockholm (Sweden, about 10%).
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Oak Bush-Cricket that you can see in Toronto (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Black-Legged Meadow Katydid (about 10%) and Greater Anglewing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Oak Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Toronto (441 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.
