Gray-green saber-hedge
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| Brunner von Wattenwyl , 1878 |
The gray-green saber horror ( Barbitistes yersini , Syn .: Barbitistes dalmatinus ) belongs to the subfamily of sickle horrors (Phaneropterinae) within the subordination of long- feeler horrors.
features
The gray-green saber insect is similar to the hardwood saber insect , but it is larger: both sexes are between 20 and 30 millimeters long. The basic color is gray-green or almost black to dark green. The abdomen and thorax are covered with small dark spots. On each segment of the abdomen there is a black transverse band that widens on the top. The wings are yellow on the inside and outside and red-brown inside. A dark-lined band stretches from the red antennae over the thorax and to the wings. The rear edge of the pronotum is often black. The gray-green saber-insect has a light brown upper half of the head and a reddish-tinted lower half. There is a yellow-green and a black stripe on the thighs of the last pair of legs. The joint regions of the other pairs of legs are dark brown or black. The lower legs are colored red to orange. Females are paler and less contrasting in color than males. They often lack the black and red areas on their bodies. Your ovary is serrated on the edges of the tip. The male's cerci are dark red and slightly S-shaped.
Way of life and distribution
The gray-green saber-hedge is often found on low shrubs. It inhabits forest edges, clearings and heavily overgrown meadows. Their distribution area extends from the eastern Adriatic coast of Greece via Macedonia , Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina to Croatia . The insect is also found on the islands of the Adriatic Sea. It often lives in the same habitat as the dark saber hedge . The adults appear from July to August, occasionally also in September.
literature
- Heiko Bellmann: The Cosmos Locust Leader. Determine the species of Central Europe with certainty. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3440104478