Nisquallia olympica
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Nisquallia is a monotypic genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, containing a single described species, Nisquallia olympica, commonly known as the Olympic grasshopper. It is endemic to the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State, being found in alpine habitats; the type locality is Mt. Ellinor. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Olympic Grasshopper sighting in Olympic National Park on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 40th most-seen of the 207 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Olympic Grasshopper in Olympic National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, the lowest months. Those are among Olympic National Park's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain a month against 370 mm in November.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Olympic Grasshopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Olympic National Park, in our data
Olympic National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Olympic Grasshopper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Olympic Grasshopper that you can see in Olympic National Park (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Crackling Forest Grasshopper (about 10%) and Clear-Winged Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Olympic Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Olympic National Park (40 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.
