Bicolour Meadow Bush-Cricket

Bicolour Meadow Bush-Cricket

Bicolorana bicolor

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Ecrins National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

23 Verified sightings at Ecrins National Park From 2019 to 2026
72 In all 5 parks
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Bicolour Meadow Bush-Cricket

Bicolorana bicolor is a species of bush cricket in the subfamily Tettigoniinae and tribe Platycleidini: found in mainland Western Europe Individuals are normally brachypterous, but long-winged forms may be encountered. The species was originally described by RA Philippi in 1830 as "Locusta bicolor". Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~20%
2 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
3 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
4 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~10%
5 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Vienna 🇦🇹 Austria
<5%
2 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Bicolour Meadow Bush-Cricket in Ecrins National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bicolour Meadow Bush-Cricket sighting in Ecrins National Park on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 79th most-seen of the 251 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Bicolour Meadow Bush-Cricket in Ecrins National Park?

September

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Bicolour Meadow Bush-Cricket in Ecrins National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October and December–June, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Bicolour Meadow Bush-Cricket?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bicolour Meadow Bush-Cricket 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 Ecrins National Park the best place to see a Bicolour Meadow Bush-Cricket?

2nd of 5

Of the 5 parks where we can rate Bicolour Meadow Bush-Cricket sightings, Ecrins National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Mercantour National Park (France, about 20%).

Which relatives of the Bicolour Meadow Bush-Cricket live in Ecrins National Park?

Same family: Tettigoniidae

The closest relatives of the Bicolour Meadow Bush-Cricket that you can see in Ecrins National Park (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Wart-Biter (about 40%), Upland Green Bush-Cricket (about 20%) and Common Mountain Bush-Cricket (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Bicolour Meadow Bush-Cricket sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Bicolour Meadow Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Ecrins National Park (23 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.

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