Meconema thalassinum (De Geer, 1773)

Oak Bush Cricket

Taxonomy: 

  • Orthoptera›Ensifera›Tettigonioidea›Tettigoniidae›Meconematinae›Meconema thalassinum

Status: 

UK

Distribution

Recordings

  • Calling song. Two males drumming alternately on side of container.

Colours show the year of the last record -

  up to 1987   1988-97   1998 up to present

Only Recording Scheme datasets are included. Other datasets on the Gateway may hold additional information.

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Description: 

Small, pale green with a yellowish stripe along the back. The female has a long, slightly upturned ovipositor, the male has long curved cerci.

Size: 

13-17 mm

Wings: 

Both sexes fully winged.

Stridulation: 

Does not stridulate but drums one hind leg on a leaf, in short fast bursts.

Food: 

Predator, feeds on small insects.

Habitat: 

Arboreal – woods, hedges and gardens. Eggs are laid in crevices in bark or under mosses or lichens.

Phenology: 

Adults present from late July until autumn.