Ephippiger diurnus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Western Saddle Bush-Cricket sighting in Ecrins National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 65th most-seen of the 251 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.
July to September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Western Saddle Bush-Cricket in Ecrins National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October and December–June, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Western Saddle 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.
4th of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Western Saddle Bush-Cricket sightings, Ecrins National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 40%), Cévennes National Park (France, about 30%) and Pyrénées National Park (France, about 20%).
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Western Saddle 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.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Western Saddle Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Ecrins National Park (18 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.
