Nevada Red-Winged Grasshopper

Nevada Red-Winged Grasshopper

Cratypedes lateritius

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

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%

25 Verified sightings at Yosemite National Park From 2019 to 2026
25 In 1 park
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Nevada Red-Winged Grasshopper

Cratypedes lateritius, the Nevada red-winged grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Nevada Red-Winged Grasshopper in Yosemite National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Nevada Red-Winged Grasshopper sighting in Yosemite National Park on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 63rd most-seen of the 227 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.

When is the best time to see a Nevada Red-Winged Grasshopper in Yosemite National Park?

June to October

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Nevada Red-Winged Grasshopper in Yosemite National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to May, the lowest months. Those are among Yosemite National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 220 mm in January.

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

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Nevada Red-Winged Grasshopper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Nevada Red-Winged Grasshopper?

Only Yosemite National Park, in our data

Yosemite National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Nevada Red-Winged Grasshopper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Nevada Red-Winged Grasshopper live in Yosemite National Park?

Same family: Acrididae

The closest relatives of the Nevada Red-Winged Grasshopper that you can see in Yosemite National Park (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Crackling Forest Grasshopper (about 20%), Fontana Grasshopper (about 10%) and Hypsalonia tioga (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Nevada Red-Winged Grasshopper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Nevada Red-Winged Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Yosemite 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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