Dotted shrimp
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Spotted shrimp (female) |
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| ( Bosc , 1792) |
The spotted shrimp ( Leptophyes punctatissima ) is a 1–1.5 cm large species of the grasshopper (Tettigoniidae) and belongs to the suborder of the long-feeler terrors (Ensifera).
features
The body appears strong, saddle-shaped and has more or less visible yellow longitudinal markings. The wings of these long-feeler terrors are very short, especially in the female. The female saber is sickle-shaped and curved upwards. Similar species are the hardwood saber-hoppers ( Barbitistes serricauda ) and the striped shrimp ( Leptophyes albovittata ).
habitat
One meets this species on deciduous trees, on perennials or in the bushes in Central, Western and Southern Europe.
frequency
The species is common and not endangered in the western and northern federal states of Germany, but rarely or not occurring towards the east. To Saxony-Anhalt z. B. (so far no documented occurrences according to the RL) the species seems to have immigrated in recent years.
Reproduction
The adult males can be heard chirping from August. A distinction is made between enticing and commercial singing. After mating, the female lays the eggs one by one, from which the larvae hatch in the following spring.
literature
Reicholf-Riehm, Helgard: Insects; 1984, Munich
