- Source: Ephippiger ephippiger
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The habitat consists of relatively dry and sparse areas with scarce vegetation, such as heather with a few trees, where it can be found both close to the soil and higher up in the vegetation. The saddle-backed bush cricket mainly eats insects and other small animals, but also plant parts. For arable farmers, it is a useful animal because it lives in plants but mainly hunts for plant-dwelling (pest) insects. It is active during the months of August to October; the males are mainly heard between eleven o'clock in the morning and nine o'clock in the evening. The sound is clearly audible and consists of a sharp, grating squeak that sounds like tieh, but is repeated in long runs with a frequency of about one or two times per second.
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Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Tricheops ephippiger
- Ephippigerini
- Ephippiger ephippiger
- Ephippiger
- Ephippiger perforatus
- Ephippiger provincialis
- Ephippiger terrestris
- Anax ephippiger
- Tettigoniidae
- Subgenual organ
- Pine processionary
- Paroligolophus agrestis
