Speckled bush-cricket

Speckled Bush- cricket ( female)

The Speckled Bush- cricket ( Leptophyes punctatissima ) is a 1-1.5 cm large species of katydids ( Tettigoniidae ) and belongs to the subordination of the long horned grasshoppers ( Ensifera ).

Features

The body has a very dominant, saddle- shaped, and has more or less visible yellow longitudinal drawings. The wings of these long horned crickets are very short, especially in the female. The female laying saber is curved like a sickle and upwards. Similar species are the Hardwood saber cricket ( Barbitistes serricauda ) and the Striped Zartschrecke ( Leptophyes albovittata ).

Habitat

You meet this kind on deciduous trees, shrubs or on the bushes in Central, Western and Southern Europe.

Frequency

The species is in Germany in the western and northern provinces frequently and safely, to the east, however, rarely up not occurring. After Saxony -Anhalt, for example, (so far, according to RL no documented occurrences) seems immigrate the way in recent years.

Reproduction

The adult males can hear chirping from August. A distinction is made between Lock and advertising vocals. After mating, the female lays the eggs from individually, from which the following spring, the larvae hatch.