Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera (De Geer, 1773))

Scientific name: Pholidoptera griseoaptera (De Geer, 1773)
Common name: Dark Bush-cricket
French name: Decticelle cendrée
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Wingspan : 15 to 18 mm for females, 13 to 15 mm for males.
Biotope: Woodland edges, bushy places, hedgerows, blackberry-bushes, parks and gardens.
Geographic area: Europe
Observation period : You can see adults from July to October.

Dark Bush-crickets have very short wings.
The elytra are very short too.
The ground colour varies from pale brown to almost black. Females are usually paler than males.
The upper side of the head and of the pronotum are always brown. The underside of the abdomen is bright yellow or greenish yellow.
The lateral edges of the male's pronotum are black and bordered by a thin white margin.
Males have straight appendages (cerci). Females have 10mm long curved ovipositors.
The eggs are laid in rotten wood.


Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) - Yvelines, France - July 31st 2010
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Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Here is one male with its straight appendages.



Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) - Yvelines, France - July 31st 2010
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Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
I have been able to approach to shoot a view of the upper side.
You can see the brown colour of the upper side of the head and of the upper side of the pronotum.



Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) - Yvelines, France - May 2nd 2009
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Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
I think that this one is a juvenile Dark Bush-cricket.



Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) - Saône-et-Loire, France - September 5th 2010
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Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
I have observed this male among brambles.



Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) - Yvelines, France - November 13th 2011
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Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Here is one female with its curved ovipositor.

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