Great green bush-cricket

Tettigonia viridissima Today, 3 October

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now overwintering 193 days

overwintering Insect here all year

The whole year

15 September – 14 April

the coastal calendar, unshifted

Sitting the year outGetting readyYoung aboutYoung leaving

Where to look

Tall scrub and hedge tops after dark; sings from high in a bush, never from the ground.

Worth knowing

The egg spends one or two winters in the soil before hatching, so a dry summer shows up in the population two years later rather than the next. Adults are predatory — they take other insects, not just leaves.

Look it up

photos, sightings and recordings, off this site

iNaturalist — photos and where people are seeing it Wikipedia — Tettigonia viridissima

Regions

where this species is on the list

Dalmatian coastKvarner and IstriaVelebit and the DinaridesSlavonia and the Pannonian plainTukhlia, Ukrainian Carpathians

Phase by phase

dates as they fall in the region chosen above

Phase	When	Length	What it means
overwintering	15 September – 14 April	212 days	The species passes winter as an egg, larva or pupa; no adult is on the wing.
larvae feeding	15 April – 19 June	66 days	Caterpillars, grubs or nymphs feeding and growing.
adults on the wing	20 June – 30 June	11 days	The new generation is out, winged and looking for a mate.
courting	1 July – 9 August	40 days	Song, display, fighting, scent-marking — pairs forming or reaffirming.
on eggs	10 August – 14 September	36 days	Clutch laid and being incubated, or buried and left to the sun.

Other insects in this region

Buff-tailed bumblebeeCleopatra butterflyCommon glow-wormEuropean hornetEuropean mantisGreat cicadaHummingbird hawk-mothRose chaferScarce swallowtailSwallowtailTwo-tailed pashaViolet carpenter beeWestern honey bee

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