Cataloipus cognatus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Cataloipus cognatus is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Asia (India, Pakistan) and Africa (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Legged Related Grasshopper sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 243rd most-seen of the 748 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Legged Related Grasshopper in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to January, the lowest months. Those are among Kruger National Park's wettest months, with about 70 mm of rain a month against almost none in August.
Between 5 and 8 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-Legged Related Grasshopper sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Kruger National Park, in our data
Kruger National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Blue-Legged Related Grasshopper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Blue-Legged Related Grasshopper that you can see in Kruger National Park (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Brown‐spotted Locust (about 10%) and Kraussaria prasina (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-Legged Related Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger 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.
