Say's Leafhopper

Say's Leafhopper

Latalus sayii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

19 Verified sightings at Great Smoky Mountains National Park From 2019 to 2026
19 In 1 park
November Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Say's Leafhopper in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Say's Leafhopper sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 379th 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.

When is the best time to see a Say's Leafhopper in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

May and October–November

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Say's Leafhopper in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–September and December–April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Say's Leafhopper?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Say's Leafhopper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Say's Leafhopper?

Only Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in our data

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Say's Leafhopper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Say's Leafhopper live in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

Same family: Cicadellidae

The closest relatives of the Say's Leafhopper that you can see in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (family Cicadellidae, Typical Leafhoppers) are Yellow-Striped Leafhopper (about 20%), Tylozygus geometricus (about 10%) and Coppery Leafhopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Say's Leafhopper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Say's Leafhopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Smoky Mountains 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.

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