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Bush Cricket - Pholidoptera frivaldskyi

Male bush cricket - Pholidoptera frivaldskyi

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  1. View WildFlower's profile
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    Tettigonia viridissima is all green, no black on the head and pronotum.
    Great Green Bush-Cricket Bulgaria,Geotagged,Great Green Bush-Cricket,Likana Protected Site,Tettigonia viridissima


    I have a few of these and I have identified them to the genus Pholidoptera, but I am not sure about the species.     Posted 11 years ago
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    You are right. What should be the ID of my cricket then? I have to make a new search. Posted 11 years ago
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      WildFlower
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      Here's a list of similar species. I don't know if it is the full list, but it is difficult to discriminate between them anyway and the different stages of development can be different too
      http://www.pyrgus.de/arten_en.php?zaehl=0&gruppe=saltatoria&familie=Tettigoniidae       Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago
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    Thanks a lot! I shall check them. May I create a new specie myself? Or only a moderator can do this? Posted 11 years ago
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      Only 5 members who have moderator/admin rights can create/edit species IDs manually. I am one of them. A few other moderators can promote photos to the homepage. You can read more about it in the forum.
      http://www.jungledragon.com/forum/1/news_and_announcements/244/finally_here_it_is...manual_species_creation.html
      http://www.jungledragon.com/forum/1/news_and_announcements/234/jungledragon_is_now_open_for_moderation.html       Posted 11 years ago
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    WIldFlower, I think I managed to identify this Bush cricket as Pholidoptera frivaldskyi.
    http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1143102
    http://www.biolib.cz/cz/image/id164636/
    I shall upload a second image - of a female one. Both were at about 30 cm distance when I took the photos.     Posted 11 years ago
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      Very often these hoppers are identified by comparing the sound they make or some other very specific characters that need very close examination. Unfortunately, we can never be 100% sure of the ID because there are many similar species. Nevertheless, this seems like a close match so I will create the species ID.
      http://www.orthoptera.sk/sk/index.php?page=species&submenu=atlas&id=27
      http://www.ortheur.org/get?site=orthoptera&view=orthoptera&id=i000359&logId=l000047
      http://www.igoterra.com/taxa_photo_compare.asp?orderid=248837       Posted 11 years ago

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The Pholidoptera frivaldskyi

Pholidoptera frivaldskyi is a European species of bush-cricket. The species was described in 1871 by Herman.

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Similar species: Grasshoppers And Crickets
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Uploaded Apr 12, 2014. Captured in ulitsa "Stefan Stambolov" 192, 1444 Bistritsa, Bulgaria.
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