Platycleis albopunctata

grey bush-cricket

SPECIES

1. KingdomAnimalia
2. PhylumArthropoda
3. ClassInsecta
4. OrderOrthoptera
5. FamilyTettigoniidae

The gray bush-cricket is only found in the dunes. As its name indicates it is a gray animal, sometimes having a green upper side. The species is a good flyer, as opposed to other bush-crickets. The animals often sit under bushes or plants, usually well camouflaged. Their ovipositor (for laying eggs) is 8 to 11 millimeters long. Their song is a continual series of short zooming sounds, sounding like a watch being wound up. Gray bush-crickets are active particularly in the afternoon and evening.

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Specimen records

81

With media

12

Family

Tettigoniidae

Collections

RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MNHN, NRM, NHMO

Recorded in

France, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Germany, Netherlands

Wikidata facts

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taxon

Parent taxon

Platycleis

Image

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