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Marsh-cricket

Pteronemobius heydenii
Eats: A bit of everythingGrasshoppers and cricketsPonds, rivers and shores6 legs

The marsh-cricket is a small European cricket. As its name tells you, it is a cricket of wet, marshy places. Like other crickets, it has long feelers and strong back legs for jumping.

Lives in
Much of Europe, from Portugal to Russia, in wet places
Top speed
about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting people.
What does it eat?
Like most crickets, it eats bits of plants and small dead or living creatures.
For real!Photo of Marsh-cricket
Picture by Daniel Linzbauer. CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

It has been found in more than 25 countries, from Portugal in the west to Russia in the east.

2

It also lives on islands such as Corsica, Sardinia, Corfu and Rhodes.

3

Male crickets sing by rubbing their wings together.

you asked

Most asked questions about Marsh-cricket

?Where does the marsh-cricket live?

In many countries across Europe, from Portugal and Spain to Ukraine and Russia.

?Is the marsh-cricket dangerous?

No. It is a small, harmless cricket.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Pteronemobius heydenii
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Family
Trigonidiidae
Classification
Insecta > Orthoptera > Trigonidiidae
Lives on
Europe
Also known as
Marsh cricket

Where the facts come from

  1. Pteronemobius heydenii (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by Daniel Linzbauer. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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