Capnobotes occidentalis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Capnobotes occidentalis, the western longwing, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is found in North America. 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 Western Longwing sighting in Grand Canyon National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 87th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Western Longwing in Grand Canyon National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and November–April, the lowest months.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Western Longwing 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 Grand Canyon National Park, in our data
Grand Canyon National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Western Longwing sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Orthoptera
The closest relatives of the Western Longwing that you can see in Grand Canyon National Park (order Orthoptera, Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids) 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 Western Longwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Grand Canyon National Park (8 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.
