Listen to the Roesel's bush-cricket
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About the Roesel's bush-cricket
The Roesel's bush-cricket is a insect in the family Tettigoniidae (order Orthoptera).
What does the Roesel's 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
Roesel's bush-cricket (Roeseliana roeselii) (synonym Metrioptera roeselii) is a European bush-cricket, named after August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof, a German entomologist.
Related insects in the genus Metrioptera
More from the family Tettigoniidae
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Upland green bush-cricket
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Sickle-bearing bush-cricket
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Dark bush-cricket
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Oak bush cricket
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Sierra Nevadan Saddle Bush-cricket
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Speckled bush-cricket
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Frequently asked questions
What does a Roesel's bush-cricket sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Roesel's 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.
What family does the Roesel's bush-cricket belong to?
The Roesel's bush-cricket (Metrioptera roeselii) belongs to the family Tettigoniidae in the order Orthoptera.
Sources & credits
- BioAcoustica 896 2 Metrioptera roeselii 58r1 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2140554 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Roesel's bush-cricket – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Richard Bartz , Munich aka Makro Freak – CC BY-SA 2.5