Dactylotum bicolor
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Dactylotum bicolor, also known as the rainbow grasshopper, painted grasshopper, pictured grasshopper, or the barber pole grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is native to the United States, Canada and northern Mexico and exhibits aposematism (warning coloration). It was first described by the German entomologist Toussaint de Charpentier in 1843.
Dactylotum bicolor grows to an average length of about 20 mm (0.8 in) for males and 35 mm (1.4 in) for females. It is mainly black with distinctive reddish and yellowish markings, a pale green prothorax and pale green wingpads. The tibia of the hind leg bears six to eight spines. This species does not develop wings and is unable to fly.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guadalupe Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rainbow Grasshopper sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 126th most-seen of the 431 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.
June–September and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rainbow Grasshopper in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–May and October, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rainbow 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.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Rainbow Grasshopper sightings, Cumbres de Monterrey National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Guadalupe Mountains National Park (United States, about 40%) and Big Bend National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Rainbow Grasshopper that you can see in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Gray Bird Grasshopper (about 10%), Schistocerca impleta (about 10%) and Aztec Spur-Throated Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rainbow Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (22 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
