Oedipoda caerulescens
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The blue-winged grasshopper, Oedipoda caerulescens, is a grasshopper in the genus Oedipoda. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 2 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 5 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 7 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 10 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 12 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Winged Grasshopper sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 96th most-seen of the 597 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Winged Grasshopper in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to June, the lowest months. Those are among Sierra de Guadarrama National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 110 mm in November.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-Winged 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.
8th of 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Blue-Winged Grasshopper sightings, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Triglav National Park (Slovenia, about 20%), Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 20%) and Cévennes National Park (France, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-Winged Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (40 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.
