Catantopsis sacalava
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ranomafana National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antananarivo | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Catantopsis sacalava sighting in Ranomafana National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 32nd most-seen of the 68 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.
February and May
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Catantopsis sacalava in Ranomafana National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, June–August and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Catantopsis sacalava 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 Ranomafana National Park, in our data
Ranomafana National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Catantopsis sacalava sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Catantopsis sacalava that you can see in Ranomafana National Park (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Tricolor Grasshopper (about 30%), Migratory Locust (about 20%) and Serpusilla malagassa (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Catantopsis sacalava is recorded against all the insects logged in Ranomafana National Park (8 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.
