Metrioptera roeselli

Behaviour: 

The species is best located by listening for its song. It has a very distinctive call which has been described as the sound emitted from under a high tension electricity pylon in the rain! However weather conditions need to be still and hot to hear the song. [1]

References

  1. Colston A. Bush-Crickets, Grasshoppers & Allied Insects. A provisional atalas for Northamptonshire and the Soke of Peterborough. Wildlife of Northamptonshire and the Soke of Peterborough. 2000;(1):12-32.
Taxonomic name: 
Metrioptera roeselli (Classification)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith