Bog Bush-cricket

Metrioptera brachyptera · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Tettigoniidae

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Bog Bush-cricket
Photo: Bouke ten Cate, CC BY

The bog bush-cricket is 12 to 16 mm long and is brownish with green patches on the head, forearms and sides of the body. It lives in wet places such as bogs, marshes and other wetlands. Its range covers most of Europe, but it is absent from the Iberian Peninsula.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Its coloration is mainly brown with green areas on the upper side of the head, forearms and along the body sides.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Adults measure between 12 and 16 mm in body length.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its distribution includes most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Bog Bush-cricket photo 3
Photo: Bouke ten Cate, CC BY
Bog Bush-cricket photo 4
Photo: Bouke ten Cate, CC BY
Bog Bush-cricket photo 5
Photo: G.-U. Tolkiehn, CC BY 2.5
Bog Bush-cricket photo 6
Photo: Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0

Same family (Tettigoniidae)

Great Green Bush-cricketGreat Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissimaCan biteDark Bush-cricketDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraMediterranean KatydidMediterranean KatydidPhaneroptera nanaDamages trees, gardens or cropsFork-tailed Bush KatydidFork-tailed Bush KatydidScudderia furcataDamages trees, gardens or cropsSpeckled Bush-cricketSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaRoesel's Bush-cricketRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrioptera_brachyptera

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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