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πŸ¦— Grasshoppers & Crickets

Southern Oak Bush-Cricket

Meconema meridionale

About

A small, wingless relative of the oak bush-cricket that has rapidly spread northward across Europe, likely aided by accidental transport in vehicles. It is fully arboreal and flightless.

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Did You Know?

Being flightless, it likely spread across Europe by hitchhiking on cars and trucks parked under infested trees.