Phaneroptera falcata (Poda, 1761)

Sickle-bearing Bush Cricket

Taxonomy: 

  • Orthoptera›Ensifera›Tettigonioidea›Tettigoniidae›Phaneropterinae›Phaneroptera falcata

Status: 

NN

Recordings

  • Calling song.
  • Two males alternating.

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: 

Yellow-green with very long wings. Forewings markedly shorter than hindwings. The ovipositor is short, broad, and sharply upturned.

Size: 

24-36 mm

Wings: 

Both sexes have very long wings. Forewings reach the hind knees, hindwings extend much further back still. The species flies well.

Stridulation: 

The song is an indistinct tzzp… tzzp…

Food: 

Herbivorous.

Habitat: 

Warmth loving, living in scrub and grassland.

Phenology: 

Adults present from August onwards.