Ephippiger terrestris
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Ephippiger terrestris, common name Alpine saddle-backed bush-cricket, is a bush cricket species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Bradyporinae. The subspecies E. terrestris bormansi occurs only in northern Italy and southern Switzerland.
This species occurs in warm mountain meadows and pastures, in open rocks and in dwarf shrubs, at an elevation of 1,000–2,000 metres (3,280–6,560 ft) above sea level. Ephippiger terrestris can reach a body length of about 23–28 mm (0.91–1.10 in) in males, of about 28–32 mm (1.1–1.3 in) in females, while ovipositor can reach about 25–28 mm (0.98–1.10 in).
These bush crickets are usually bluish-green. However, in both sexes the body color is quite variable and often olive-green, beige and sepia-brown color variations occur. A yellowish line runs from the lower edge of the pronotum... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report an Alpine Saddle-Backed Bush-Cricket sighting in Mercantour National Park on a given day, based on 179 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 412 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.
October and November
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report an Alpine Saddle-Backed Bush-Cricket in Mercantour National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to May, the lowest months. Those are among Mercantour National Park's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain a month against 50 mm in August.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Alpine Saddle-Backed Bush-Cricket sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Mercantour National Park, in our data
Mercantour National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Alpine Saddle-Backed Bush-Cricket sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Alpine Saddle-Backed Bush-Cricket that you can see in Mercantour National Park (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Wart-Biter (about 50%), Ghiliani's Alpine Bush-Cricket (about 30%) and Common Mountain Bush-Cricket (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Alpine Saddle-Backed Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Mercantour National Park (179 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.
