Listen to the bog bush-cricket
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About the bog bush-cricket
The bog bush-cricket is a insect in the family Tettigoniidae (order Orthoptera). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the bog bush-cricket sound like?
Insects make sound mechanically: crickets and grasshoppers rub a scraper against a file (stridulation), cicadas buckle ribbed membranes called tymbals, and bees and mosquitoes hum with their wingbeats.
From Wikipedia
Metrioptera brachyptera is a species in the family Tettigoniidae commonly called the bog bush cricket.
M. brachyptera has a body length of 12–16 mm, with color ranging from brownish, with green elements on the upper side of the head and forearm, as well as on the sides of the body. In the female, the hind legs are often partly weakly greenish. As the name suggests, The wings are usually brachypterous, although long-winged morphs may be found.
Related insects in the genus Metrioptera
More from the family Tettigoniidae
Great green bush-cricket
Tettigonia viridissima
Wart-biter
Decticus verrucivorus
Upland green bush-cricket
Tettigonia cantans
Sickle-bearing bush-cricket
Phaneroptera falcata
Dark bush-cricket
Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Short-winged cone-head
Conocephalus dorsalis
Oak bush cricket
Meconema thalassinum
Sierra Nevadan Saddle Bush-cricket
Baetica ustulata
Speckled bush-cricket
Leptophyes punctatissima
Frequently asked questions
What does a bog bush-cricket sound like?
You can hear 5 recordings of the bog bush-cricket on this page. Insects make sound mechanically: crickets and grasshoppers rub a scraper against a file (stridulation), cicadas buckle ribbed membranes called tymbals, and bees and mosquitoes hum with their wingbeats.
Is the bog bush-cricket endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the bog bush-cricket as “least concern”.
What family does the bog bush-cricket belong to?
The bog bush-cricket (Metrioptera brachyptera) belongs to the family Tettigoniidae in the order Orthoptera.
Sources & credits
- BioAcoustica 597 5 Metrioptera brachyptera 003r3 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 900 3 Metrioptera brachyptera 118r2 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 899 16 Metrioptera brachyptera 112r13 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 991 6 Metrioptera brachyptera 171r1 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 897 13 Metrioptera brachyptera 71 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1758291 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Metrioptera brachyptera – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium – CC BY 2.0