Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper

Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper

Pseudoxya diminuta

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Khao Yai National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

9 Verified sightings at Khao Yai National Park From 2019 to 2026
333 In all 10 parks
November Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper

Pseudoxya diminuta is a species of grasshopper in the monotypic genus Pseudoxya (subfamily Oxyinae). This species occurs in Indochina, Malesia, and southern China. The holotype is a male from Yunnan, China. Media related to Pseudoxya at Wikimedia Commons

Data related to Oxyini at Wikispecies Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~50%
2 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
3 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~20%
4 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~20%
5 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
6 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
7 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
8 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~10%
9 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
10 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Davao City 🇵🇭 Philippines
~50%
2 Xiuying District 🇨🇳 China
~50%
3 Manila 🇵🇭 Philippines
~30%
4 Ho Chi Minh City 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~30%
5 Taichung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~30%
6 Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%
7 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%
8 Hanoi 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~20%
9 Fuzhou 🇨🇳 China
~20%
10 Tainan 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper in Khao Yai National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper sighting in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 86th most-seen of the 221 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper in Khao Yai National Park?

June–August and November

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, April–May and September–October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Short-Winged Rice 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.

Which relatives of the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper live in Khao Yai National Park?

Same family: Acrididae

The closest relatives of the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper that you can see in Khao Yai National Park (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Eucoptacra binghami (about 10%), Rufous-Legged Grasshopper (about 10%) and Ceracris nigricornis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Khao Yai National Park (9 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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