Eastern Grey Bush-Cricket

Eastern Grey Bush-Cricket

Platycleis grisea

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Kiskunság National Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

6 Verified sightings at Kiskunság National Park From 2019 to 2026
6 In 1 park
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Eastern Grey Bush-Cricket

Platycleis grisea is a European species of bush crickets described by Fabricius in 1781. It is the type species of the genus Platycleis and therefore the tribe Platycleidini. This species is recorded from mainland Europe (not the British Isles or Scandinavia) and northern Africa. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Vienna 🇦🇹 Austria
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Eastern Grey Bush-Cricket in Kiskunság National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Grey Bush-Cricket sighting in Kiskunság National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 67th most-seen of the 95 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Eastern Grey Bush-Cricket in Kiskunság National Park?

September

In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Grey Bush-Cricket in Kiskunság National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–May, July and October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Eastern Grey Bush-Cricket?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eastern Grey Bush-Cricket 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 an Eastern Grey Bush-Cricket?

Only Kiskunság National Park, in our data

Kiskunság National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Eastern Grey Bush-Cricket sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Eastern Grey Bush-Cricket live in Kiskunság National Park?

Same family: Tettigoniidae

The closest relatives of the Eastern Grey Bush-Cricket that you can see in Kiskunság National Park (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Great Green Bush-Cricket (about 30%), Predatory Bush-Cricket (about 30%) and Wart-Biter (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Eastern Grey Bush-Cricket sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Eastern Grey Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Kiskunság National Park (6 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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