Bug FAQLily Bush-cricket
Tylopsis lilifolia · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Tettigoniidae
Adult lily bush-crickets are 13 to 23 mm long, with males slightly smaller than females. They live in sunny meadows, shrubs and forest clearings across Europe and Asia, and adults are seen from August to October.
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How to recognize it
The species shows two colour forms: a greenish body with a brown-yellowish dorsal stripe, or a brown form in dry grasslands; legs are long, thin and spiny, and the ovipositor is a short upward-curved tube about 4 to 5 mm.
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Size
Males grow to 13 to 22 mm and females to 16 to 23 mm in length.
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Where it lives
It prefers sunny meadows, shrub areas and clearings in forests.
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When you see it
Adults are active from August through October.
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Where it comes from
It is native to Europe and Asia.
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More photos
Same family (Tettigoniidae)
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Fork-tailed Bush KatydidScudderia furcataDamages trees, gardens or crops
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylopsis_lilifolia
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