#4155 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Striped Bush-cricket

🇳🇱 Oostelijke struiksprinkhaan ·Leptophyes albovittata

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

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

1. © Richard · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © tanwag · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © carnifex · CC BY 4.0
4. © id78 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Mark · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Гродно, Гродненская область, Беларусь:© shapomacro · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Городской округ Мытищи, Московская обл., Россия:© Daimon · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Гродно, Гродненская область, Беларусь:© shapomacro · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Baden, Austria:© Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Kyiv, M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden:© Aleksandr_Levon · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Leptophyes albovittata is a species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is found in Europe east of France and Spain. mainly in Eastern Europe . To the west, the border runs along the line Würzburg-Nördlingen-Munich. The species feeds on delicate and soft-leaved plants, such as chickweed ,dandelion and Lathyrus .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,903iNaturalist 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.
4,903 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Vincenz Kollar in 1833 (193 years ago).