Metrioptera roeselii (Hagenbach, 1822)
Roesel’s Bush Cricket
Taxonomy:
- Orthoptera›Ensifera›Tettigonioidea›Tettigoniidae›Decticinae›Metrioptera roeselii
Status:
Distribution
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Recordings
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Calling song.
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.
Description:
Usually dark brown and yellow but sometimes tinged green or rarely completely green. Broad cream-coloured margin all the way around the sides of the pronotum, and three pale yellow spots on the sides of the thorax.
Size:
Wings:
Usually short-winged (brachypterous) and flightless, but a fully winged form able to fly (f. diluta) is not uncommon in hot summers
Stridulation:
Penetrating and continuous high pitched buzzing like the crackle of overhead electricity cables
Food:
Omnivorous, but feeding mostly on grass and other vegetation.
Habitat:
Saltmarshes and dunes in coarse vegetation but currently expanding its range west and north to urban wasteland and agricultural set-aside.
Phenology:
Nymphs emerge in late May and June. Adults present from late July until autumn.