David Element
Wildlife
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Grasshoppers and Crickets 36 – Southern Sickle-bearing Bush Crickets
SOUTHERN SICKLE-BEARING BUSH CRICKET Phaneroptera
nana (m)
SOUTHERN SICKLE-BEARING BUSH CRICKET Phaneroptera
nana (m)
SOUTHERN
SICKLE-BEARING BUSH CRICKET Phaneroptera
nana (f)
SOUTHERN SICKLE-BEARING BUSH CRICKET Phaneroptera
nana (f)
SOUTHERN SICKLE-BEARING BUSH CRICKET Phaneroptera
nana (f)
SOUTHERN SICKLE-BEARING BUSH CRICKET Phaneroptera
nana
SOUTHERN SICKLE-BEARING BUSH CRICKET Phaneroptera
nana (f) SOUTHERN
SICKLE-BEARING BUSH CRICKET Phaneroptera
nana (f)
SOUTHERN SICKLE-BEARING BUSH CRICKET Phaneroptera
nana
SOUTHERN SICKLE-BEARING BUSH CRICKET Phaneroptera
nana
SOUTHERN SICKLE-BEARING BUSH CRICKET Phaneroptera
nana (f)
SOUTHERN SICKLE-BEARING BUSH CRICKET Phaneroptera
nana SOUTHERN
SICKLE-BEARING BUSH CRICKET Phaneroptera
nana (m, nymph)
SOUTHERN SICKLE-BEARING BUSH CRICKET Phaneroptera
nana (m, nymph)
SOUTHERN SICKLE-BEARING BUSH
CRICKET Phaneroptera nana (m,
nymph)
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The Southern Sickle-bearing Bush Cricket Phanaroptera
nana, sometimes known as the Mediterranean Katydid, is one of two similar European species with
overlapping ranges (there is a third African species, P. sparsa that has also been recorded in
Europe although the precise details are unknown). P. nana is a
predominantly Mediterranean insect. It is more heavily built than the Sickle-bearing Bush Cricket P. falcata and there are subtle differences
in the shape of the pronotum and genitalia that enable the adults of these
species to be separated. If there is an obvious indentation in the side of the pronotum
(most obvious in adults) then this clinches an identification of P. nana (see:
https://www.insecte.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41291&start=10
as the distinction is clearly shown). The shape of the cerci is also different
in males (again, best observed in adults, and illustrated in the same reference).
The wings may partially or completely hide this part of the anatomy when these
insects are being observed in the field (the short and upcurved ovipositors of
females may also be difficult to see), but the cerci are visible in the first two
images on this page. It may be advantageous to take photographs from several
angles to illustrate the diagnostic features. The above photographs were taken
in France and Portugal.
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