Acanthacris ruficornis
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Acanthacris ruficornis is a species of bird grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Africa and southern Europe. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 2 | Casablanca | 🇲🇦 Morocco | |
| 3 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Marrakesh | 🇲🇦 Morocco | |
| 8 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Locust sighting in De Hoop Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 17th most-seen of the 25 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and March
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Locust in De Hoop Nature Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in May–September and December–January, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Garden 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.
Among the best
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Garden Locust sightings, De Hoop Nature Reserve ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Garden Route National Park (South Africa, about 20%).
Same order: Orthoptera
The closest relatives of the Garden Locust that you can see in De Hoop Nature Reserve (order Orthoptera, Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids) are Koppie Foam Grasshopper (about 40%) and Thericlesiella meridionalis (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Garden Locust is recorded against all the insects logged in De Hoop Nature Reserve (6 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.
