Behaviour:
The males produce snapping sounds audible from about 10m. To do this they lift one hind leg (sometimes both) and flick the tibia backards. In this way the apical spines of the hind tibia are struck against the fore wing. These tibial 'flick-sounds' are produced in an irregular series as the calling song, and also by both sexes, when disturbed, as a defensive sound. [1]
Referenzen
- . A Field Guide to the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Britain and Northern Europe. William Collins & Sons; 1988.
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