Pholidoptera aptera
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Pholidoptera aptera, the alpine dark bush-cricket, is a species of a cricket belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. It is found in Eastern and Central Europe in the Alps and the Alpine foothills. In Switzerland, their presence limited to the eastern Alps, the Southern Alps and the Schaffhauser Randen. In Germany, it occurs south of the line Bodensee, to southern Munich. It also occurs in Austria and Slovenia. It is found at altitudes from 260 to 2360 meters above sea level in densely forested clearings or clearcuts, high-altitude orchards, bracken slopes, rocky, dwarf shrub communities and areas densely populated with grasses and herbaceous plants. At high altitudes, warm southern slopes are preferred.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 2 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 3 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Alpine Dark Bush-Cricket sighting in Mercantour National Park on a given day, based on 39 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 84th most-seen of the 412 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.
September
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Alpine Dark Bush-Cricket in Mercantour National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Alpine Dark Bush-Cricket sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Alpine Dark Bush-Cricket sightings, Mercantour National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Triglav National Park (Slovenia, about 40%) and Hohe Tauern National Park (Austria, about 30%).
Same genus: Pholidoptera
The closest relatives of the Alpine Dark Bush-Cricket that you can see in Mercantour National Park (genus Pholidoptera) are Dark Bush-Cricket (about 10%) and Meadow Dark Bush-Cricket (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Alpine Dark Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Mercantour National Park (39 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.
