Alpine saddle-backed bush-cricket
The Alpine saddle-backed bush-cricket is a chunky bush-cricket from the mountains. The shield behind its head is curved like a horse's saddle. It is usually bluish green, but it can also be olive, beige or brown.
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Fun facts
Its wings are tiny and cannot fly. It uses them only to make its song.
Both males and females can sing, but females do it only rarely, as an answer to males.
The female has a long, slightly upcurved egg-laying tube, about as long as her body.
It lives high up, between 1,000 and 2,000 metres.
The grown-ups can be found from July to October.
Most asked questions about Alpine saddle-backed bush-cricket
?Can the Alpine saddle-backed bush-cricket fly?
No. Its wings are tiny and are only used for singing.
?How big is the Alpine saddle-backed bush-cricket?
Males are about 23 to 28 millimetres long and females about 28 to 32 millimetres.
?Why is it called saddle-backed?
Because the shield behind its head is shaped like a horse's saddle.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Ephippiger terrestris
- Named by
- Yersin, 1854
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Tettigoniidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Ephippiger terrestris (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
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