Platycleis albopunctata
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Platycleis albopunctata is a species of European bush cricket in the tribe Platycleidini. This species occurs throughout Europe and in North Africa; several subspecies have been described (below). The nominate subspecies occurs in the British Isles where it is often called the grey bush cricket. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Bush-Cricket sighting in Mercantour National Park on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 77th 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.
October and November
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Bush-Cricket in Mercantour National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December 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 Grey 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.
Yes
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Grey Bush-Cricket sightings, Mercantour National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 20%) and Pyrénées National Park (France, about 10%).
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Grey Bush-Cricket that you can see in Mercantour National Park (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Wart-Biter (about 50%), Alpine Saddle-Backed Bush-Cricket (about 50%) and Ghiliani's Alpine Bush-Cricket (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grey Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Mercantour National Park (34 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.
