Platycleis albopunctata
(Goeze, 1778)
Grey Bush Cricket
Taxonomy:
Orthoptera>>Ensifera>>Tettigonioidea>>Tettigoniidae>>Decticinae
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Status: British Isles native species.
Description: Variable but usually greyish brown. Females have a long, upturned ovipositor.
Wings: Both sexes fully winged.
Stridulation: Soft, rapidly repeated, high pitched chirp
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The Grey Bush-Cricket recorded with a bat detector. It can be virtually inaudible without a detector.
Source: Malcolm Lee
Habitat: Coastal species – coarse grass and rough vegetation on sand dunes, shingle banks and south-facing cliffs.
Phenology: Nymphs hatch in May. Adults appear in July to autumn.
Distribution: The records held by the National Biodiversity Network are shown in the map below.
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Only the following datasets are included:
- Biological Records Centre - Grasshopper and Cricket (Orthoptera) and related species records from Britain and Ireland to 2007
Other datasets on the gateway may hold additional information.