Tettigidea laterale
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Sided Pygmy Grasshopper sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 513th most-seen of the 822 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.
March, May–June and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Sided Pygmy Grasshopper in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, July–August and October–February, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-Sided Pygmy Grasshopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Black-Sided Pygmy Grasshopper sightings, Great Smoky Mountains National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Shenandoah National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same order: Orthoptera
The closest relatives of the Black-Sided Pygmy Grasshopper that you can see in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (order Orthoptera, Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids) are Common True Katydid (about 20%), Wingless Mountain Grasshopper (about 10%) and Carolina Leafroller Cricket (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-Sided Pygmy Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Smoky Mountains 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.
