Xanthippus corallipes
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Xanthippus corallipes, the red-shanked grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America. These seven subspecies belong to the species Xanthippus corallipes:
Xanthippus corallipes affrictus b Xanthippus corallipes altivolus b Xanthippus corallipes buckelli b Xanthippus corallipes corallipes b Xanthippus corallipes latifasciatus b Xanthippus corallipes leprosus b Xanthippus corallipes pantherinus b
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Shanked Grasshopper sighting in Grand Canyon National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 110th most-seen of the 143 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Shanked Grasshopper in Grand Canyon National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to March, the lowest months. Those are among Grand Canyon National Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 40 mm in March.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-Shanked Grasshopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Grand Canyon National Park, in our data
Grand Canyon National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Red-Shanked Grasshopper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Red-Shanked Grasshopper that you can see in Grand Canyon National Park (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Pallid-Winged Grasshopper (about 20%), Green Bird Grasshopper (about 10%) and Speckle-Winged Rangeland Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-Shanked Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Grand Canyon National Park (6 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.
