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 Dark Bush-cricket  Pholidoptera griseoaptera

male Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera), Rainham Marshes, Essex, England, Sep 2020

male Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera), Rainham Marshes, Essex, England, Sep 2020

male Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera), Rainham Marshes, Essex, England, Sep 2019

male Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera), Rainham Marshes, Essex, England, Sep 2020

male Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera), Capel-le-Ferne cliffs, Kent, England, Oct 2023

Indoor recording in terrarium  1 September 2020  22:30h

Calling song/stridulation from a single captive male Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) in a terrarium.

A fairly loud, short (~90 msec) zirt repeated 24-30 times per minutes (at 21.3°C ambient room temp, no heat lamp or direct sun).

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Indoor recording in terrarium  1 September 2020  22:30h

Oscillogram of calling song/stridulationn from a single captive male Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) in a terrarium.

Rainham-Purfleet NCN Route 13, Essex, England  51° 29' 38.05" N   0° 12' 23.76" E  1 August 2018

Calling song/stridulation from a male Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) in long grass bordered by Hawthorn/Blackthorn/Gorse scrub.

A fairly loud, short (<0.1 sec) zirt repeated every 1-2 seconds.

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Rainham-Purfleet NCN Route 13, Essex, England  51° 29' 38.05" N   0° 12' 23.76" E  1 August 2018

Oscillogram of calling song/stridulation from a male Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) in long grass bordered by Hawthorn/Blackthorn/Gorse scrub.

Rainham Marshes foreshore, Essex, England  51° 29' 11.7" N   00° 13' 31.9" E  29 September 2018

Calls/stridulation from two male Dark Bush-crickets (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) during an aggressive encounter.

Usual single zirts (song) followed by rapid buzzes of up to 25 elements.

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Counts of stridulating male Dark Bush-crickets (Pholidoptera griseoaptera), Rainham to Purfleet (NCN Route-13), July-November 2020

Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) - calling song from male.

Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) - calling song from male.

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