Southern Oak Bush Cricket. The female has a long slightly upturned ovipositor the male has long curved cerci. Southern oak bush cricket preferred.
Since the 1960s the southern oak bush cricket expanded its distribution range from its original homeland in italy throughout large areas of northern europe and is now also found in north america. Adult 14 to 17 mm in length. It is only readily separated from the oak bush cricket as an adult because the wings remain as tiny flaps.
Female southern oak bush cricket photo.
R i moyse a new species to the uk with the first kent record being in 2005. Unlike the oak bush cricket this species only has very short wings though beware of oak bush cricket nymphs which also have short wings. It has a more southerly distribution than its relative meconema thalassinum being found in southern france southwestern germany italy switzerland austria the former. Meconema meridionale is an insect in the family tettigoniidae known as the southern oak bush cricket.
