Ligurotettix coquilletti
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Ligurotettix coquilletti, known generally as the desert clicker grasshopper or creosote bush grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. As its common name suggests, the species feeds on Larrea tridentata. It is found in Central America and North America, in North America specifically in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. Males defend individual creosote plants as mating territories, often preferring plants with lower amounts of toxic chemicals. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Clicker Grasshopper sighting in Saguaro National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 157th most-seen of the 354 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Clicker Grasshopper in Saguaro National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to July, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Desert Clicker Grasshopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Desert Clicker Grasshopper sightings, Saguaro National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Joshua Tree National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Desert Clicker Grasshopper that you can see in Saguaro National Park (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Gray Bird Grasshopper (about 20%), Pallid-Winged Grasshopper (about 20%) and White-Lined Bird Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Desert Clicker Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Saguaro 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.
