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Metrioptera bicolor

Species · 10 recordings · 4 specimens

Recordings

596:14 Matrioptera bicolor (001r6)3:20 · David R. Ragge
565_17_Metrioptera bicolor0:40
131_5 Metrioptera bicolor2:23
102_8 Metrioptera bicolor2:35
101_6 Metrioptera bicolor5:35
391:7 Metrioptera bicolor(337)6:26 · W. J. Reynolds
391:8 Metrioptera bicolor(337b)3:09 · W. J. Reynolds
407:6 Metrioptera bicolor (491a)1:37 · W. J. Reynolds
407:7 Metrioptera bicolor (491b)2:10 · W. J. Reynolds
407:8 Metrioptera bicolor (491c)4:44 · W. J. Reynolds

Specimens

Metrioptera bicolor NHMUK BMNH(E) 010210859
Metrioptera bicolor NHMUK BMNH(E) 010210860
Metrioptera bicolor NHMUK BMNH(E) 010210857
Metrioptera bicolor NHMUK BMNH(E) 010210855

Literature

Ahlén, Ingemar (1981). Ultraljud hos svenska vårtbitare. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 102: 27-41.

Behaviour

In low temperatures, one can clearly detect the indfividual syllables of the song; when it is warmer they merge into a uniform 'tsrirrt', which at even higher temperatures is extended to minutes in duration, only briefly interrupted.

Source: Bellman, Heiko (1988). A Field Guide to the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Britain and Northern Europe. William Collins & Sons.

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