What are the chances of seeing a Lua's Cricket in Tangkoko Nature Reserve?
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lua's Cricket sighting in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 31st most-seen of the 38 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
When is the best time to see a Lua's Cricket in Tangkoko Nature Reserve?
June, October and December–January
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Lua's Cricket in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in February–May, August–September and November, the lowest months.
What time of day is best to see a Lua's Cricket?
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lua's 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.
Where else can you see a Lua's Cricket?
Only Tangkoko Nature Reserve, in our data
Tangkoko Nature Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Lua's Cricket sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Lua's Cricket live in Tangkoko Nature Reserve?
Same order: Orthoptera
The closest relatives of the Lua's Cricket that you can see in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (order Orthoptera, Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids) are Stenocatantops splendens (about 20%) and Chitaura ochracea (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Lua's Cricket sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lua's Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (7 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.