What are the chances of seeing a Mercantour Alpine Bush-Cricket in Mercantour National Park?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mercantour Alpine Bush-Cricket sighting in Mercantour National Park on a given day, based on 97 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 410th most-seen of the 412 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
When is the best time to see a Mercantour Alpine Bush-Cricket in Mercantour National Park?
August to December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mercantour Alpine Bush-Cricket in Mercantour National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January to July, the lowest months.
What time of day is best to see a Mercantour Alpine Bush-Cricket?
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mercantour Alpine Bush-Cricket sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see a Mercantour Alpine Bush-Cricket?
Only Mercantour National Park, in our data
Mercantour National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mercantour Alpine Bush-Cricket sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Mercantour Alpine Bush-Cricket live in Mercantour National Park?
Same genus: Anonconotus
The closest relatives of the Mercantour Alpine Bush-Cricket that you can see in Mercantour National Park (genus Anonconotus) are Ghiliani's Alpine Bush-Cricket (about 30%), Anonconotus occidentalis (about 30%) and Ligurian Alpine Bush-Cricket (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Mercantour Alpine Bush-Cricket sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mercantour Alpine Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Mercantour National Park (97 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.