Clear-Winged Grasshopper

Clear-Winged Grasshopper

Camnula pellucida

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Yellowstone National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

25 Verified sightings at Yellowstone National Park From 2019 to 2026
156 In all 11 parks
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Clear-Winged Grasshopper

Camnula is a genus of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It contains one species, Camnula pellucida, the clearwinged grasshopper. This grasshopper is found in most of North America excluding some southeastern states. It can be a severe pest in grains and rangelands. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~20%
2 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
3 Elk Island National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
4 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
5 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
6 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
7 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
8 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
9 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
10 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
11 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Edmonton 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
2 Calgary 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
3 Sacramento 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
4 Portland 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
5 San Francisco 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
6 Seattle 🇺🇸 United States
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Clear-Winged Grasshopper in Yellowstone National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Clear-Winged Grasshopper sighting in Yellowstone National Park on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 58th most-seen of the 160 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Clear-Winged Grasshopper in Yellowstone National Park?

September

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Clear-Winged Grasshopper in Yellowstone National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, the lowest months.

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

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Clear-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.

Which relatives of the Clear-Winged Grasshopper live in Yellowstone National Park?

Same family: Acrididae

The closest relatives of the Clear-Winged Grasshopper that you can see in Yellowstone National Park (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Two-Striped Grasshopper (about 10%) and Crackling Forest Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Clear-Winged Grasshopper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Clear-Winged Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Yellowstone National Park (25 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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