Saddle-backed bush-cricket
The saddle-backed bush cricket is a chunky bush cricket from Europe. The name comes from the part behind its head, which is shaped like a little horse saddle. You can often hear the males singing a squeaky tieh, tieh, tieh in late summer.
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Fun facts
It helps farmers by eating insects that harm their plants.
It is out and about from August to October.
Males sing from late morning until evening, repeating their sharp squeak once or twice every second.
You can find it down on the ground and also higher up in the bushes.
Most asked questions about Saddle-backed bush-cricket
?Why is it called saddle-backed?
Because the shield behind its head looks like a small saddle.
?What does the saddle-backed bush cricket eat?
Mostly insects and other small animals, plus some plants.
?When can you hear it?
From August to October, from late morning until evening.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Ephippiger ephippiger
- Named by
- Fiebig, 1784
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Tettigoniidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Ephippiger ephippiger (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 de:Benutzer:Wofl. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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