Listen to the Metrioptera saussuriana
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About the Metrioptera saussuriana
The Metrioptera saussuriana is a insect in the family Tettigoniidae (order Orthoptera). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Metrioptera saussuriana 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 saussuriana is a species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Tettigoniinae. It is a high meadow species found on many mountains and low mountain ranges in southern Europe. Its range extends in the Iberian Peninsula from Portugal and Spain over the Pyrenees, southern France to the French and Swiss Jura and the southern and western Alps. Isolated populations are to be found in the Balearic Islands, in Corsica, Sardinia, some northwestern French islands and in central Europe near Salzburg. The species is missing in Germany.
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Frequently asked questions
What does a Metrioptera saussuriana sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Metrioptera saussuriana 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 Metrioptera saussuriana endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Metrioptera saussuriana as “least concern”.
What family does the Metrioptera saussuriana belong to?
The Metrioptera saussuriana (Metrioptera saussuriana) belongs to the family Tettigoniidae in the order Orthoptera.
Sources & credits
- BioAcoustica 585 7 Metrioptera saussuriana 839 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Metrioptera Saussuriana 20140731 by Gilles San Martin – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 404-6 Metrioptera saussuriana f. buyssoni 461b – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 391-6 Metrioptera saussuriana 336b – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 404-5 Metrioptera saussuriana f. buyssoni 461 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 404-7 Metrioptera saussuriana f. buyssoni 461c – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1497014 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Metrioptera saussuriana – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Gilles San Martin – CC BY-SA 2.0