Common saw bush-cricket
Barbitistes serricauda
The common saw bush-cricket is a bush-cricket that lives on sunny forest edges and bushes. It has very long feelers. It is mostly active at night, so it is not easy to spot.
Lives in
Most of Europe, on sunny forest edges and bushes
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot sting.
What does it eat?
It eats the leaves of bushes and trees.
How fast is it?
Common saw 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
The grown-ups can be found from July to September.
2
It is mostly active at night.
3
It lives in many European countries, from Spain to Romania.
you asked
Most asked questions about Common saw bush-cricket
?When can you see the common saw bush-cricket?
From July to September, on sunny forest edges and bushes.
?Is the common saw bush-cricket dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Barbitistes serricauda
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Tettigoniidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Barbitistes serricauda (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 Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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