Platycleis albopunctata (Goeze, 1778)

Grey Bush Cricket

Taxonomy: 

  • Orthoptera›Ensifera›Tettigonioidea›Tettigoniidae›Decticinae›Platycleis albopunctata

Status: 

UK

Distribution

Recordings

  • The Grey Bush-Cricket recorded with a bat detector. It can be virtually inaudible without a detector.
  • Calling song.
  • Calling song at lower temperature.

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: 

Variable but usually greyish brown. Females have a long, upturned ovipositor.

Size: 

20-28 mm

Wings: 

Both sexes fully winged.

Stridulation: 

Soft, rapidly repeated, high pitched chirp

Food: 

Omnivorous.

Habitat: 

Coastal species – coarse grass and rough vegetation on sand dunes, shingle banks and south-facing cliffs.

Phenology: 

Nymphs hatch in May. Adults appear in July to autumn.