Eastern green bush-cricket
Tettigonia caudata
The eastern green bush-cricket is a big green cousin of the grasshopper with very long feelers. It lives in much of Europe, mostly in the east. The males like to sit in tall, thick plants.
Lives in
Most of Europe, mainly the east, but not France or Spain, in tall grass and bushes
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. A big bush-cricket may nip if you hold it, so it is best to just look.
What does it eat?
Bush-crickets like this one eat leaves and also catch small insects.
How fast is it?
Eastern green bush-cricket about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is not found in France or Spain.
2
It likes the same kind of tall, thick plants as the great green bush-cricket, and the two compete for space.
3
Like all bush-crickets, it has feelers that are longer than its body.
you asked
Most asked questions about Eastern green bush-cricket
?Where does the eastern green bush-cricket live?
In most of Europe, mainly in the east, in tall thick plants.
?Does a bush-cricket bite?
A big one can give a small nip if you hold it, but it is not dangerous.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Tettigonia caudata
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Tettigoniidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Tettigonia caudata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by CarlaSchneider. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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