#4144 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

White-faced Bush-cricket

🇳🇱 Zuidelijke wrattenbijter ·Decticus albifrons

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Damiano · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Martin Galli · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Julien Piolain · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Córdoba, España:© Diego González Dopico · CC BY 4.0
7. Chemin du Pont Blanc, Vedène, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR:© melodie_gaglio · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Абинский р-н, Краснодарский край, Россия:© macrohunter_ls · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. VX84+9M6 Национальный парк Тбилиси, Tbilisi, Грузия:© mikami-kun · CC BY 4.0
10. סטראה אלדה, יוון:© Uriel Levy · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Decticus albifrons , the Southern Wartbiter. is a species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Tettigoniinae. It is found in Southern Europe In Central Europe it is widespread only in Lower Austria and at the Neusiedler See.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,249iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
8,249 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).