Oak bush-cricket
The oak bush-cricket is a small green cricket that lives up in the leaves of trees, like oaks. Its feelers can be twice as long as its body. Most crickets sing, but this one drums on leaves with its foot instead.

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Fun facts
The male drums on leaves to call a female, but the sound is so quiet that people can hardly hear it.
Its feelers can grow to about 4 centimetres, much longer than its body.
The mother lays her eggs one by one under the bark of trees.
The babies hatch in late spring and are grown up by late summer.
A sneaky worm can live inside it and make it want to go near water, because the worm needs water to finish growing up.
Most asked questions about Oak bush-cricket
?What does the oak bush-cricket eat?
It hunts small creatures like caterpillars and larvae, which is unusual for a bush-cricket.
?How big is the oak bush-cricket?
About 2 centimetres long, and its feelers can add another 4 centimetres.
?Does the oak bush-cricket sing?
Not like other crickets. The male drums on leaves instead, and it is very quiet.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Meconema thalassinum
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Tettigoniidae
- Lives on
- Europe, North America
- Also known as
- Drumming katydid
Where the facts come from
- Meconema thalassinum (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Gower. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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