male
Southern
Oak Bush-cricket (Meconema meridionale), Rainham
Marshes, Essex, England, Oct 2019
mating
pair of
Southern
Oak Bush-crickets (Meconema meridionale), Rainham
Marshes, Essex, England, Sep 2019
female
Southern
Oak Bush-cricket (Meconema meridionale), Purfleet, Essex, England, Aug
2020
female
Southern
Oak Bush-cricket (Meconema meridionale), Purfleet, Essex, England, Aug
2020
Indoor recording
in terrarium17 August 2020 02:00h
Drumming (sonation) from a single captive male Southern
Oak Bush-cricket (Meconema meridionale) in a
terrarium at night.
A series of 3-8 abrupt (100ms), low frequency sounds
(0.1-1.4 kHz) produced from the male tapping its hind
leg on Ivy leaves in the presence of a female. At peak
activity it produced 11 drumming bursts in one minute
(at 25.1°C
ambient room temp). Drumming bursts lasting between
0.8 and 3.6 secs.
Note: the volume here has been increased in the processed
sound file, but the tapping was actually audible across
the room under near-silent conditions.