Southern Oak Bush-Cricket

Meconema meridionale

"Meconema meridionale" is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae, commonly known as the southern oak bush cricket.
Green Grasshopper Camera setup: Canon EOS 5DsR, Canon MP-E 65 @ 1,2 × magnification, Stack Shot automated macro rail. Caruba photo studio. Camera was on manual control.
ISO 100, f/5.6, exposure 1/15 sec., custom white balance, ExpoDisc white balance filter 2.0, step size 0.7 mm and 23 recording Zerene Stacker PMax method.
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Appearance

It commonly measures 14 to 17 mm in length and is carnivorous, arboreal and nocturnal. It has a more southerly distribution than its relative, "Meconema thalassinum", being found in southern France, south-western Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, the former Yugoslavia and, since 2001, the UK. It is a predator of the Horse-chestnut leaf miner, "Cameraria ohridella".

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderOrthoptera
FamilyTettigoniidae
GenusMeconema
SpeciesM. meridionale
Photographed in
Germany
Netherlands