Male Lily bush-crickets in a row - Tylopsis lilifolia

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Amazing, my eye was naturally drawn to the butterfly and only then did I see the enormous crickets in the foreground. Well played :) Posted 8 years ago
1. Jivko Nakev
  
  Lion
  
  The same with me. I chased the butterfly when I saw them standing in a raw motionless. I still wonder what they were doing? Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    No idea, maybe getting the right angle of the sun? I notice that in our own (small) garden, any cricket there will always be on the right side of the garden, as that is where the sun shines the longest. Posted 8 years ago

The Tylopsis lilifolia

The Lily Bush-Cricket ''Tylopsis lilifolia'' is a species of 'katydids crickets' belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae.

This cricket is present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa....hieroglyph snipped... The adult males grow up to 13–22 millimetres long, while females can reach 16–23 millimetres of length. It can be encountered from August through October in sunny meadows and forest clearings.

The basic coloration of the body.. more

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Similar species: Grasshoppers And Crickets

Species identified by Jivko Nakev