Club-Legged Grasshopper

Club-Legged Grasshopper

Gomphocerus sibiricus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

6 Verified sightings at Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park From 2019 to 2026
297 In all 7 parks
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Club-Legged Grasshopper

Gomphocerus sibiricus is a species of insect belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Gomphocerinae.It is found across the Palearctic east to Siberia.The main distribution area is Siberia. In Central and Southern Europe it is limited to the high mountains: Pyrenees and Sierra de Guadarrama, central and southern Apennines, Alps, Carpathians, Balkan Mountains and the Caucasus. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~40%
2 Hohe Tauern National Park 🇦🇹 Austria
~30%
3 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~30%
4 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~20%
5 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
6 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
7 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Club-Legged Grasshopper in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Club-Legged Grasshopper sighting in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 65th most-seen of the 79 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Club-Legged Grasshopper in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park?

September

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Club-Legged Grasshopper in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–June and October–November, the lowest months. January has too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Club-Legged Grasshopper?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Club-Legged Grasshopper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Club-Legged Grasshopper live in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park?

Same family: Acrididae

The closest relatives of the Club-Legged Grasshopper that you can see in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Large Banded Grasshopper (about 20%), Ladder Grasshopper (about 20%) and Meadow Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Club-Legged Grasshopper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Club-Legged Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (6 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.

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