Meconema thalassinum
(De Geer, 1773)
Oak Bush Cricket
Taxonomy:
Orthoptera>>Ensifera>>Tettigonioidea>>Tettigoniidae>>Meconematinae
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Status: British Isles native species.
Description: Small, pale green with a yellowish stripe along the back. The female has a long, slightly upturned ovipositor, the male has long curved cerci.
Wings: Both sexes fully winged.
Stridulation: Does not stridulate but drums one hind leg on a leaf, in short fast bursts.
Food: Predator, feeds on small insects.
Habitat: Arboreal – woods, hedges and gardens. Eggs are laid in crevices in bark or under mosses or lichens.
Phenology: Adults present from late July until 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.