#3952 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Southern Oak Bush-cricket

🇳🇱 Zuidelijke boomsprinkhaan ·Meconema meridionale

LCleast concern 🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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

1. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Vlad Proklov · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Thorsten Denhard · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Fritz Geller-Grimm · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Donkse Dreef, 's‑Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, NL:© Xander Damen · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 7963 PX Ruinen, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Eext:© eelmiek · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Charlois, Rotterdam, Nederland:© Pieter van Roijen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Meconema meridionale is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae, commonly known as the southern oak bush cricket .

base stats

NL sightings 858iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 16,593iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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

Spotted 858 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #11 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
16,593 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Achille Costa in 1860 (166 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.