Microtes helferi
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Microtes helferi is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in western North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Helfer's Dune Grasshopper sighting in Redwood National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 37th most-seen of the 101 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Helfer's Dune Grasshopper in Redwood National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to May, the lowest months. Those are among Redwood National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 360 mm in January.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Helfer's Dune Grasshopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Redwood National Park, in our data
Redwood National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Helfer's Dune Grasshopper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Helfer's Dune Grasshopper that you can see in Redwood National Park (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Carolina Grasshopper (about 10%), Clear-Winged Grasshopper (about 10%) and Marsh Meadow Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Helfer's Dune Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Redwood National Park (13 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.
