Barbitistes serricauda
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Barbitistes serricauda, also known as the common saw bush cricket, is a species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is found in most of Europe. The imagines can be found from July to September on sunny forest edges and shrubs. They are mostly nocturnal. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Saw Bush-Cricket sighting in Fertő-Hanság National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 199th most-seen of the 243 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.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Saw Bush-Cricket in Fertő-Hanság National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and September–April, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Saw Bush-Cricket sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Common Saw Bush-Cricket sightings, Fertő-Hanság National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Triglav National Park (Slovenia, about 20%) and Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 10%).
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Common Saw Bush-Cricket that you can see in Fertő-Hanság National Park (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Great Green Bush-Cricket (about 20%), Striped Bush-Cricket (about 20%) and Mediterranean Katydid (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Saw Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Fertő-Hanság National Park (5 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.
