Speckled Bush Cricket
Taxonomy
Orthoptera » Ensifera » Tettigonioidea » Tettigoniidae » Phaneropterinae » Leptophyes punctatissima
Status
UK
Distribution Map
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.
Recordings
Description
A small, green bush cricket with a brown stripe on the back and tiny dark speckles covering the whole body. The ovipositor is broad and upturned.
Size
9-18 mm
Wings
Both sexes have very short, reduced wings.
Stridulation
The song is an almost inaudible chirp repeated at intervals, best picked up with a bat detector.
Food
Herbivorous, feeding on a range of shrubs and other vegetation.
Habitat
Open woodland, scrub, gardens and hedgerows. Eggs are laid in the bark of trees or shrubs.
Phenology
Adults present from late July or early August until November.