Spotted Mountain-Grasshopper

Spotted Mountain-Grasshopper

Monistria concinna

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely
at Kosciuszko National Park

In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%

206 Verified sightings at Kosciuszko National Park From 2019 to 2026
206 In 1 park
December Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~60%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Spotted Mountain-Grasshopper in Kosciuszko National Park?

Likely

About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Mountain-Grasshopper sighting in Kosciuszko National Park on a given day, based on 206 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 105 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Spotted Mountain-Grasshopper in Kosciuszko National Park?

April, October and December–January

In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Mountain-Grasshopper in Kosciuszko National Park on a given day, against about 10% in June, the lowest month.

What time of day is best to see a Spotted Mountain-Grasshopper?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spotted Mountain-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.

Where else can you see a Spotted Mountain-Grasshopper?

Only Kosciuszko National Park, in our data

Kosciuszko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Spotted Mountain-Grasshopper sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Spotted Mountain-Grasshopper live in Kosciuszko National Park?

Same order: Orthoptera

The closest relatives of the Spotted Mountain-Grasshopper that you can see in Kosciuszko National Park (order Orthoptera, Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids) are Mountain Katydid (about 50%), Chameleon Grasshopper (about 40%) and Australian Shield-Back (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Spotted Mountain-Grasshopper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Spotted Mountain-Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Kosciuszko National Park (206 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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