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Alpine Dark Bush-Cricket (Pholidoptera aptera) This individual is a male: it lacks the ovipositor that femals employ for depositing their eggs. Rather it sports a pair of pincer-like cerci at its rear end that it uses to fixate the female during mating. Alpine Dark Bush-Cricket,Geotagged,Insekt,Italien,Italy,Pholidoptera aptera,Summer Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Alpine Dark Bush-Cricket (Pholidoptera aptera)

This individual is a male: it lacks the ovipositor that femals employ for depositing their eggs. Rather it sports a pair of pincer-like cerci at its rear end that it uses to fixate the female during mating.

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The alpine dark bush-cricket is a species of cricket belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. It is found in Eastern and Central Europe in the Alps and the Alpine foothills. In Switzerland, their presence limited to the eastern Alps, the Southern Alps and the Schaffhauser Randen. In Germany it occurs south of the line Bodensee, to southern Munich. It also occurs in Austria and Slovenia.

Similar species: Grasshoppers And Crickets
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Uploaded Jul 11, 2025. Captured Jul 6, 2025 10:51 in JXHC+F9 Biella, Province of Biella, Italy.
  • Canon EOS R5
  • f/8.0
  • 1/400s
  • ISO1000
  • 400mm