Sepiana sepium
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Sepiana sepium, common name sepia bush-cricket, is a species of bush crickets belonging to the tribe Platycleidini and genus group Platycleis. It is the only species within the monotypic genus Sepiana. This widespread species is present from southwestern to southeastern Europe and in the Near East. It can be found from Portugal and Spain, southern France, Italy and the Balkan Peninsula along the Black Sea to Turkey and to south-west Russia.
These bush crickets usually live in not too xerothermic areas on the edge of the forests and in bushland, but also on grassy meadows. Sepiana sepium can reach a length of 20–27 millimetres (0.79–1.06 in). The ovopositor reaches 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in). These bush crickets have very long enlarged hind legs, with small spines on the lower legs. The ground colour of the body ranges from gray-brown to reddish. The sides of the pronotum are almost triangular-shaped, usually black or dark brown, and they are clearly delineated by a bright longitudinal line. The head is usually reddish coloured. Above the eyes there is a dark patch, which is crossed by a whitish line. The legs are dark brown or... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milan | 🇮🇹 Italy |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Faced Bush-Cricket sighting in Milan on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 289th most-seen of the 351 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Faced Bush-Cricket in Milan on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-Faced 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 Milan, in our data
Milan is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Red-Faced Bush-Cricket sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Red-Faced Bush-Cricket that you can see in Milan (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Great Green Bush-Cricket (about 20%), Mediterranean Katydid (about 10%) and Large Conehead (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-Faced Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Milan (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.
