Ligurotettix coquilletti
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Ligurotettix coquilletti, known generally as the desert clicker grasshopper or creosote bush grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. As its common name suggests, the species feeds on Larrea tridentata. It is found in Central America and North America, in North America specifically in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. Males defend individual creosote plants as mating territories, often preferring plants with lower amounts of toxic chemicals. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Clicker Grasshopper sighting in Joshua Tree National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 77th most-seen of the 190 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.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Clicker Grasshopper in Joshua Tree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to May, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Desert Clicker Grasshopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Desert Clicker Grasshopper sightings, Joshua Tree National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Saguaro National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Desert Clicker Grasshopper that you can see in Joshua Tree National Park (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Pallid-Winged Grasshopper (about 30%), Cream Grasshopper (about 20%) and Gray Bird Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Desert Clicker Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Joshua Tree National Park (17 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.
