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European Tree-cricket  Oecanthus pellucens

male European Tree-cricket (Oecanthus pellucens), Capel-le-Ferne cliffs, Kent, England, Oct 2023

female European Tree-cricket (Oecanthus pellucens), Capel-le-Ferne cliffs, Kent, England, Oct 2023

Capel-le-Ferne cliffs, England  51° 06' 02" N  001° 14' 00" E  7 October 2023 19:20h

Calling song/stridulation from a male European Tree-cricket (Oecanthus pellucens) in calcareous grassland dominated by Rock Samphire (Crithmum maritimum) at base of limestone cliffs. Repeated melodic echemes composed of 8-21 syllables (0.29-0.72 sec) repeated around 60 times per minute at 22°C. Carrier wave frequency at 2.6 kHz. Over 50 males singing along one small stretch of coastline here.

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Capel-le-Ferne cliffs, England  51° 06' 02" N  001° 14' 00" E  7 October 2023 19:20h

Calling song/stridulation from a male European Tree-cricket (Oecanthus pellucens) in calcareous grassland dominated by Rock Samphire (Crithmum maritimum) at base of limestone cliffs.

Habitat of European Tree-cricket (Oecanthus pellucens), Capel-le-Ferne cliffs, Kent, England, Oct 2023

European Tree-cricket (Oecanthus pellucens)

Female feeding on pear.

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