Green bush-cricket
Tettigonia viridissima
Bush crickets
(Tettigoniidae)
♂
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Large green cricket with a brown vertical stripe on its back. The antennae are as long as its wings. The wings of the ♀ extent the ovipositor (for laying eggs) and of the ♂ they almost double the body size. The female has a large extrusion for laying eggs, the male have two small curved extrusions. They can be heard from midday to midnight and feed on insects including other crickets. ⇔ l. 60-70 mm, half of it being wing size. syn. TETTIGONIA VIRIDIS, Great green bush-cricket
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Back
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Wing
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Striking
> 50mm
Jumper
Six
Smooth
Very long
On back
Long aft leg
Long tail
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