Acrida conica
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Acrida conica, the giant green slantface, is a species of grasshopper found in Australia and New Guinea. It was originally described in 1781 as Truxalis conicus. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Green Slantface sighting in Great Otway National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 107th most-seen of the 418 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and March
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Green Slantface in Great Otway National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to December, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Giant Green Slantface sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Giant Green Slantface sightings, Great Otway National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kosciuszko National Park (Australia, about 20%), Booderee National Park (Australia, about 10%) and Blue Mountains National Park (Australia, about 10%).
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Giant Green Slantface 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 Common Gumleaf Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Giant Green Slantface is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Otway National Park (19 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.
