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Small gray cricket is resting on a stalk of grass

True Cricket Nymph of the Family Trigonidiidae

Raspy Cricket Nymph of the Family Gryllacrididae

Leptophyes punctatissima Speckled Bush-Cricket Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Natural detailed closeup on a single black Euriopean dark bush-cricket, Pholidoptera griseoaptera, on a green leaf

A colorful katydid nymph on a white inflorescence

Sideways macro shot of a dark bush-cricket on a stinging nettle leaf

Tiny meadow Katydid grasshopper climbing on a Thyme herb plant

A juvenile cricket showing the distinctive dark stripe of this species in the family Tettigoniidae

$Umbria, Italy:\nTettigonia viridissima$

Alpine bush cricket on a rock between grass in the Austrian Alps

Pholidoptera griseoaptera Dark Bush-Cricket Nymph Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

A Dark bush-Cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera perched on a leaf.

Green grasshopper in Termessos National Park

Outdoor close up photography of a speckled bush cricket on daylily.

Pholidoptera griseoaptera Dark Bush-Cricket Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

A very small larvae of a dark bush cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) sitting on top of a leaf

A side view of a small cricket nymph on a green leaf

$Description:\nAdult wart-biters are 31–82 millimeters, with females being significantly larger than males. They are typically dark green in colour, usually with dark brown blotches on the pronotum and wings (a dark brown morphotype also occurs). The female has a long and slightly up curved ovipositor.\n The wart-biter has a song consisting of a rapidly repeated series of short bursts of clicks, sometimes lasting for several minutes.\nWart-biters normally move about by walking; they rarely fly, except when frightened. Most can only fly 3 to 4 meters at a time.\nHabitat:\nThe species is found in calcareous grassland and heathland habitats.\n\nDiet:\nThe species is omnivorous. Plants eaten include knapweed, nettles, bedstraws; the species also eats insects, including other grasshoppers. \nLife cycle:\nThe wart-biter lays its eggs in the soil; these eggs normally hatch after two winters. It then passes through seven instar stages between April and June. The adult stage is reached in the beginning of July. Wart-biter populations peak in late July and early August. Newly hatched Decticus are encased in a sheath to facilitate their trip to the soil surface, the sheath holding the legs and antennae safely against the body while burrowing upwards. A neck which can in turn be inflated and deflated, enlarges the top of its tunnel, easing its passage upwards.\nStatus and distribution:\nThis species occurs throughout continental Europe, except the extreme south, ranging from southern Scandinavia to Spain, Italy, and Greece. It is also found in temperate Asia, as far east as China. Geographic features such as mountains have fragmented the species, leading to a wide range of forms and numerous subspecies.\n\nConservation:\nThe population of wart-biters has declined in many areas of northern Europe. In Britain and the Netherlands, it is threatened with extinction (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.$

An omnivorous cricket in the family Tettigoniidae eating a small solitary bee at a nature reserve near Bath, UK.

Leptophyes punctatissima Speckled Bush-Cricket Nymph Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Macro shot of a Speckled Bush Cricket on a bush taken from above.

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