Meconema thalassinum
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Meconema thalassinum is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae known as the oak bush-cricket and drumming katydid. It is native to Europe, including the British Isles, and was introduced to the United States, first established in the west of Long Island and extending its range to Rhode Island and Scarsdale, Stony Brook, and Ithaca, New York. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 2 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 3 | Stockholm | 🇸🇪 Sweden | |
| 4 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 8 | Detroit | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Oak Bush-Cricket sighting in Shenandoah National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 447th most-seen of the 723 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Oak Bush-Cricket in Shenandoah National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Oak Bush-Cricket 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.
Among the best
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Oak Bush-Cricket sightings, Shenandoah National Park ranks 7th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Acadia National Park (United States, about 10%), Snowdonia National Park (United Kingdom, about 10%) and Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 10%).
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Oak Bush-Cricket that you can see in Shenandoah National Park (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Common True Katydid (about 10%), Lesser Anglewing (about 10%) and Short-Winged Meadow Katydid (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Oak Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Shenandoah 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.
