Macrotona australis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The common macrotona (Macrotona australis) is found in southern and eastern Australia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Macrotona sighting in Great Otway National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 331st most-seen of the 418 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January to April
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Macrotona in Great Otway National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to December, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Macrotona sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Great Otway National Park, in our data
Great Otway National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Macrotona sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Common Macrotona that you can see in Great Otway National Park (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Wingless Grasshopper (about 10%), Bark-Mimicking Grasshopper (about 10%) and Giant Green Slantface (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Macrotona is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Otway National Park (12 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.
