Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper

Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper

Pseudoxya diminuta

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
at Taroko National Park

In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%

240 Verified sightings at Taroko National Park From 2019 to 2026
333 In all 10 parks
November Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper

Pseudoxya diminuta is a species of grasshopper in the monotypic genus Pseudoxya (subfamily Oxyinae). This species occurs in Indochina, Malesia, and southern China. The holotype is a male from Yunnan, China. Media related to Pseudoxya at Wikimedia Commons

Data related to Oxyini at Wikispecies Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~50%
2 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
3 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~20%
4 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~20%
5 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
6 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
7 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
8 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~10%
9 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
10 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Davao City 🇵🇭 Philippines
~50%
2 Xiuying District 🇨🇳 China
~50%
3 Manila 🇵🇭 Philippines
~30%
4 Ho Chi Minh City 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~30%
5 Taichung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~30%
6 Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%
7 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%
8 Hanoi 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~20%
9 Fuzhou 🇨🇳 China
~20%
10 Tainan 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper in Taroko National Park?

Likely

About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper sighting in Taroko National Park on a given day, based on 240 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 447 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper in Taroko National Park?

November

In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper in Taroko National Park on a given day, against about 30% in June, the lowest month.

What time of day is best to see a Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Short-Winged Rice 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.

Which relatives of the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper live in Taroko National Park?

Same family: Acrididae

The closest relatives of the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper that you can see in Taroko National Park (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Traulia ornata (about 30%), Eucoptacra praemorsa (about 10%) and Xenocatantops brachycerus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Short-Winged Rice Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Taroko National Park (240 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.

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