Xyleus discoideus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 8 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 9 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Xyleus discoideus sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 224th most-seen of the 279 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.
January, March–May and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Xyleus discoideus in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, June–July and September–December, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Xyleus discoideus sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Xyleus discoideus sightings, Iguaçu National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Tayrona National Natural Park (Colombia, about 20%).
Same family: Romaleidae
The closest relatives of the Xyleus discoideus that you can see in Iguaçu National Park (family Romaleidae, Lubber Grasshoppers) are Staleochlora arcuata (about 20%), Soldier Grasshopper (about 10%) and Prionolopha serrata (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Xyleus discoideus is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguaçu National Park (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.
