Schistocerca melanocera
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The large painted locust (Schistocerca melanocera) is a species of bird grasshopper endemic to the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador, except Española Island. The species forms a large part of the diet of the Galápagos hawk and lava lizards. It can grow up to 8 cm long.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Large Painted Locust sighting in Galápagos Islands on a given day, based on 652 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 83 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Large Painted Locust in Galápagos Islands on a given day, against about 30% in March and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Large Painted Locust sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Galápagos Islands, in our data
Galápagos Islands is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Large Painted Locust sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Large Painted Locust is recorded against all the insects logged in Galápagos Islands (652 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.
