Orchelimum nigripes
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Orchelimum nigripes, known generally as the black-legged meadow katydid or red-legged meadow grasshopper, is a species of meadow katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is found in North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Point Pelee National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Legged Meadow Katydid sighting in Point Pelee National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 105th most-seen of the 196 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.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Legged Meadow Katydid in Point Pelee National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to August, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-Legged Meadow Katydid sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Point Pelee National Park, in our data
Point Pelee National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black-Legged Meadow Katydid sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-Legged Meadow Katydid is recorded against all the insects logged in Point Pelee National Park (10 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.
