Pycnostictus seriatus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Pycnostictus is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is one described species in Pycnostictus, P. seriatus, found in Australasia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flinders Ranges National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perth | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Bandwing Grasshopper sighting in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 23rd 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.
April and November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Common Bandwing Grasshopper in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–July, September–October and December–March, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Bandwing 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.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Common Bandwing Grasshopper sightings, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Flinders Ranges National Park (Australia, about 20%).
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Common Bandwing Grasshopper that you can see in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Common Toadhopper (about 40%), Bark-Mimicking Grasshopper (about 30%) and Ungee-Gungee (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Bandwing Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Uluru-Kata Tjuta 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.
