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Striped bush-cricket

Leptophyes albovittata
Eats: PlantsGrasshoppers and cricketsGardens and meadows6 legs

The striped bush-cricket is a small, delicate bush-cricket from Eastern Europe. Like all bush-crickets, it has feelers that are longer than its body. It likes to nibble soft, tender leaves.

Lives in
Europe, mostly in the east, from Germany eastwards
Top speed
about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not sting and would rather hop away.
What does it eat?
It eats soft-leaved plants like chickweed, dandelion and wild peas.
For real!Photo of Striped bush-cricket
Picture by Philipp Weigell. CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

Bush-crickets hear with tiny ears on their front legs.

2

In the west it lives only as far as a line through Germany near Munich, and not beyond.

3

It picks the softest leaves it can find, like dandelion leaves.

you asked

Most asked questions about Striped bush-cricket

?What does the striped bush-cricket eat?

Soft leaves of plants like chickweed and dandelion.

?Where does the striped bush-cricket live?

In Europe, mostly in Eastern Europe.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Leptophyes albovittata
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Family
Tettigoniidae
Classification
Insecta > Orthoptera > Tettigoniidae
Lives on
Europe

Where the facts come from

  1. Leptophyes albovittata (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 Philipp Weigell. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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