Best time to see: mid May to end Oct
Key facts
A green bush-cricket with faint speckles,frequenting dense, shrubby vegetation, including in gardens
Nymphs can often be seen on low vegetation in May, but later in the year tends to hide itself higher up
Widespread in Essex and across southern England
Recognition
Green body covered with tiny dark spots, and very short wings, making it flightless
Body up to 2 cm long; females with a short up-curved ovipositor
Stridulation is only audible a few feet away
Lifecycle
Female lays her eggs in tree bark in late summer and the nymphs emerge the following May
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© Tony Gunton