Barbitistes obtusus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Barbitistes obtusus, the southern saw-tailed bush-cricket or Alpine saw bush-cricket, is a species of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. This species replaces Barbitistes serricauda in the Southern Alps. It is present in France, Italy and Switzerland, from the Basses-Alpes to the Julian Alps and central Apennines, with a small populations in the Apuan Alps. This typical mountain species prefers lightly shaded woods and scrubland up to 2000 meters a.s.l.. It is often found on blackberry leaves.
Barbitistes obtusus can reach a length of 18–20 millimetres (0.71–0.79 in) in males, of 20–21 millimetres (0.79–0.83 in) in female, with an ovipositor of 9–10 millimetres (0.35–0.39 in). This species is very similar to Barbitistes serricauda, so that both species are difficult to distinguish from each other.
The ground color varies greatly from gray and light brown to olive green and turquoise. Dark individuals are rare. The head is reddish. The reddish to dark antennae are about a body length and show a small bright ring at regular intervals. Two yellow stripes with red border extend from the eyes on pronotum and tegmina. The... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Saw-Tailed Bush-Cricket sighting in Mercantour National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 307th most-seen of the 412 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Saw-Tailed Bush-Cricket in Mercantour National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, the lowest months. That is one of Mercantour National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 140 mm in October.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Saw-Tailed Bush-Cricket sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Mercantour National Park, in our data
Mercantour National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Southern Saw-Tailed Bush-Cricket sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Southern Saw-Tailed 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 Southern Saw-Tailed Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Mercantour National Park (7 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.
