Ephippiger diurnus
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Western Saddle Bush-Cricket sighting in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, based on 197 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 27th most-seen of the 1277 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and October
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Western Saddle Bush-Cricket in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January to April, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Western Saddle Bush-Cricket sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Western Saddle Bush-Cricket sightings, Pyrénées National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 40%) and Cévennes National Park (France, about 30%).
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Western Saddle Bush-Cricket that you can see in Pyrénées National Park (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Wart-Biter (about 20%), Great Green Bush-Cricket (about 20%) and Dark Bush-Cricket (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Western Saddle Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Pyrénées National Park (197 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.
