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Bull bush-cricket

Polysarcus denticauda
Eats: PlantsGrasshoppers and cricketsGardens and meadows6 legs

The bull bush-cricket is a bush-cricket from Europe. Bush-crickets are cousins of grasshoppers with very long feelers. This one loves meadows where the grass grows long and juicy.

Lives in
Southern and central Europe, in meadows with long grass
Top speed
about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is fine to watch it in the grass.
What does it eat?
It eats plants in the tall, lush meadows where it lives.
For real!Photo of Bull bush-cricket
Picture by Gfombell. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

It lives in meadows with long grass and lots of lush plants.

2

Its meadows suit it best when they are mowed late in the year and get only a little fertiliser.

3

It lives in many countries, from Spain and France all the way to Greece and Bulgaria.

you asked

Most asked questions about Bull bush-cricket

?Where does the bull bush-cricket live?

In meadows with long, lush grass in southern and central Europe.

?Is the bull bush-cricket dangerous?

No. It is harmless to people.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Polysarcus denticauda
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Family
Tettigoniidae
Classification
Insecta > Orthoptera > Tettigoniidae
Lives on
Europe

Where the facts come from

  1. Polysarcus denticauda (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 Gfombell. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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