Common Saw Bush-cricket

Barbitistes serricauda · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Tettigoniidae

Also called: Saw-tailed Bush-cricket

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Common Saw Bush-cricket
Photo: HaPe_Gera, CC BY

The common saw bush-cricket lives across most of Europe, including many western and central countries. Adults are active from July through September and are mainly active at night.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

It occurs in most European countries.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is primarily nocturnal.

Source: Wikipedia

When you see it

Adults can be seen from July to September.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its range includes Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Romania, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Andorra.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Common Saw Bush-cricket photo 3
Photo: Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA
Common Saw Bush-cricket photo 4
Photo: Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA

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/Barbitistes_serricauda

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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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