Tylopsis lilifolia
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Tylopsis lilifolia, also known as lily bush-cricket or white sickle bush-cricket, is a species of Orthopterans in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is found in Europe and Asia. This species is present especially in southern Europe and it is widespread in the Mediterranean region. It can also be found in the Lebanon and Israel; and in the Caucasus. It mainly inhabits sunny meadows, shrubs and forest clearings.
The adult males grow up to 13–22 millimetres (0.51–0.87 in) long, while females can reach 16–23 millimetres (0.63–0.91 in) of length. This species has two different forms of color. The basic coloration of the body varies from olive green or pale green to light brown with a brown-yellowish longitudinal band on the back. Head, legs and wings are green. The legs are long and thin, with small spines. The antennae are very long, they reach up to five times the body length. The ovipositor is about 4–5 millimetres (0.16–0.20 in) long and curved upward. In the dry grasslands it is common a brown form of the body.
Adults can be encountered from August through October. Ragge (1964). "A revision of the genus... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Istanbul | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Lily Bush-Cricket sighting in Istanbul on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 234th most-seen of the 266 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lily Bush-Cricket in Istanbul on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lily Bush-Cricket sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Istanbul, in our data
Istanbul is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Lily Bush-Cricket sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Lily Bush-Cricket that you can see in Istanbul (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are White-Faced Bush-Cricket (about 10%), Mediterranean Katydid (about 10%) and Smyrnean Bush-Cricket (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lily Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Istanbul (6 verified sightings), 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.
