Listen to the Poecilimon ornatus
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About the Poecilimon ornatus
The Poecilimon ornatus is a insect in the family Tettigoniidae (order Orthoptera). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Poecilimon ornatus 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
Poecilimon ornatus, also known as ornate bright bush-cricket or ornate bush-cricket, is a species of bush cricket belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is endemic to southern Europe: the Balkans, northeastern Italy, Slovenia, and southern Austria,. It lives in high forbage, bushes, and open forests, and towards its northern limit, on warm montane grassland.
More from the family Tettigoniidae
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Tettigonia viridissima
Wart-biter
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Upland green bush-cricket
Tettigonia cantans
Sickle-bearing bush-cricket
Phaneroptera falcata
Dark bush-cricket
Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Short-winged cone-head
Conocephalus dorsalis
Roesel's bush-cricket
Metrioptera roeselii
Oak bush cricket
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Sierra Nevadan Saddle Bush-cricket
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Speckled bush-cricket
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Bog bush-cricket
Metrioptera brachyptera
Long-winged conehead
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Frequently asked questions
What does a Poecilimon ornatus sound like?
You can hear 5 recordings of the Poecilimon ornatus 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 Poecilimon ornatus endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Poecilimon ornatus as “least concern”.
What family does the Poecilimon ornatus belong to?
The Poecilimon ornatus (Poecilimon ornatus) belongs to the family Tettigoniidae in the order Orthoptera.
Sources & credits
- BioAcoustica 566 23 Poecilimon ornatus 638r21 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 568 47 Poecilimon ornatus 677r22 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 566 22 Poecilimon ornatus 638r20 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 415-10 Poecilimon ornatus 539b – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 415-9 Poecilimon ornatus 539a – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2380895 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Poecilimon ornatus – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by No machine-readable author provided. Blaz~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). – CC BY 2.5