Listen to the two-coloured bush-cricket
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About the two-coloured bush-cricket
The two-coloured bush-cricket is a insect in the family Tettigoniidae (order Orthoptera).
What does the two-coloured 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
Bicolorana bicolor is a species of bush cricket in the subfamily Tettigoniinae and tribe Platycleidini: found in mainland Western Europe Individuals are normally brachypterous, but long-winged forms may be encountered.
The species was originally described by RA Philippi in 1830 as "Locusta bicolor".
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 two-coloured bush-cricket sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the two-coloured 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 two-coloured bush-cricket belong to?
The two-coloured bush-cricket (Metrioptera bicolor) belongs to the family Tettigoniidae in the order Orthoptera.
Sources & credits
- BioAcoustica 407 7 Metrioptera bicolor 491b – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Metrioptera bicolor 20140727 by Gilles San Martin – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 407 6 Metrioptera bicolor 491a – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 391-8 Metrioptera bicolor 337b – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 407 8 Metrioptera bicolor 491c – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 391-7 Metrioptera bicolor 337 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q232634 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Bicolorana bicolor – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Fritz Geller-Grimm – CC BY-SA 3.0