Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket

Phaneroptera falcata · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Tettigoniidae

Also called: Common Sickle Bush-cricket

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Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket
Photo: Armand Turpel, CC BY

The sickle-bearing bush-cricket (Phaneroptera falcata) is an orthopteran in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. It lives in warm scrub, grasslands, dry shrubbery, sand pits and gardens, mainly across southern and central Europe. It feeds mostly on plants and is not reported to bite, sting, or cause any damage to homes or crops.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is found in warm scrub, grasslands, dry shrubbery, sand pits and gardens.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

It is mainly herbivorous.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

It is a member of the subfamily Phaneropterinae, the same group referenced in its identification.

Source: Wikipedia

Questions people ask

Are they a garden pest?

They eat plants, but the sources do not describe them as causing noticeable damage to crops or gardens.

Source: Wikipedia

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/Phaneroptera_falcata

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

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