Bug FAQEastern Green Bush-cricket
Tettigonia caudata · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Tettigoniidae
The Eastern Green Bush-cricket (Tettigonia caudata) is a bush-cricket in the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Tettigoniinae. Males like to live in tall, dense vegetation, a habitat they share and compete with the related T. viridissima. It occurs across most of Europe, mainly in the eastern part, and is absent from France and Spain.
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How to recognize it
Tettigonia caudata belongs to the bush-cricket family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Tettigoniinae.
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Where it lives
Males prefer tall, dense vegetation as their mesohabitat.
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Where it comes from
It is found throughout most of Europe, especially in the east, but not in France or Spain.
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Lookalikes
Its preferred habitat overlaps with that of the similar species T. viridissima.
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Same family (Tettigoniidae)
Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissimaCan bite
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Mediterranean KatydidPhaneroptera nanaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Fork-tailed Bush KatydidScudderia furcataDamages trees, gardens or crops
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tettigonia_caudata
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