Locomotive Grasshopper

Locomotive Grasshopper

Chorthippus apricarius

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

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

17 Verified sightings at Ecrins National Park From 2019 to 2026
159 In all 6 parks
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Locomotive Grasshopper

Chorthippus apricarius is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Gomphocerinae. It is found across most of Europe. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~30%
2 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
~10%
3 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
4 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
5 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
6 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
2 Minsk 🇧🇾 Belarus
~10%
3 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
4 Vienna 🇦🇹 Austria
<5%
5 Moscow 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%
6 Hamburg 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
7 Yekaterinburg 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Locomotive Grasshopper in Ecrins National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Locomotive Grasshopper sighting in Ecrins National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 108th 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 Locomotive Grasshopper in Ecrins National Park?

September

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Locomotive Grasshopper in Ecrins National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Locomotive Grasshopper?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Locomotive Grasshopper 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 Locomotive Grasshopper?

4th of 6

Of the 6 parks where we can rate Locomotive Grasshopper sightings, Ecrins National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Mercantour National Park (France, about 30%), Tatra National Park (Slovakia, about 10%) and Vanoise National Park (France, about 10%).

Where does the Locomotive Grasshopper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Locomotive Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Ecrins National Park (17 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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