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Rough saddle bush-cricket

Uromenus rugosicollis
Eats: A bit of everythingGrasshoppers and cricketsGardens and meadows6 legs

The rough saddle bush-cricket is a bush cricket from south-western Europe. It lives in Spain, southern France and northern Portugal. It likes warm weather and comes out on hot summer nights.

Lives in
Spain, southern France and northern Portugal
Top speed
about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Just watch it and let it go on its way.
What does it eat?
Bush crickets like it nibble plants and also eat small insects.
For real!Photo of Rough saddle bush-cricket
Picture by Didier Descouens. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

Scientists use it as the model species for its whole group of bush crickets.

2

In Portugal it has been found north of the Douro River.

3

It is seen mostly on hot summer nights.

you asked

Most asked questions about Rough saddle bush-cricket

?Where does the rough saddle bush-cricket live?

In Spain, southern France and northern Portugal.

?When can you see the rough saddle bush-cricket?

Mostly on hot summer nights.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Uromenus rugosicollis
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Family
Tettigoniidae
Classification
Insecta > Orthoptera > Tettigoniidae
Lives on
Europe

Where the facts come from

  1. Uromenus rugosicollis (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 Didier Descouens. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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