Listen to the Sierra Nevadan Saddle Bush-cricket
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About the Sierra Nevadan Saddle Bush-cricket
The Sierra Nevadan Saddle Bush-cricket is a insect in the family Tettigoniidae (order Orthoptera). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “endangered”.
What does the Sierra Nevadan Saddle 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
Baetica ustulata is the only species of bush crickets in the monotypic genus Baetica (tribe Ephippigerini).
It is endemic to Spain and was previously known under its original placement as Ephippiger ustulata Rambur, 1838. The species feeds on plants, decaying organic matter, and others of its own species.
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
Roesel's bush-cricket
Metrioptera roeselii
Oak bush cricket
Meconema thalassinum
Speckled bush-cricket
Leptophyes punctatissima
Bog bush-cricket
Metrioptera brachyptera
Long-winged conehead
Conocephalus fuscus
Armoured Katydid
Acanthoplus discoidalis
Frequently asked questions
What does a Sierra Nevadan Saddle Bush-cricket sound like?
You can hear 3 recordings of the Sierra Nevadan Saddle 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 Sierra Nevadan Saddle Bush-cricket endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Sierra Nevadan Saddle Bush-cricket as “endangered”.
What family does the Sierra Nevadan Saddle Bush-cricket belong to?
The Sierra Nevadan Saddle Bush-cricket (Baetica ustulata) belongs to the family Tettigoniidae in the order Orthoptera.
Sources & credits
- BioAcoustica 428 12 Baetica ustulata 642r1 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 596 4 Baetica ustulata 812r4 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 588 12 Baetica ustulata 756r12 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1311644 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Baetica ustulata – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by ^ozo^ – CC BY 3.0