Great Green Bush-Cricket

Tettigonia viridissima

Great Green Bush-Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima)
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Tettigonia viridissima, the great green bush-cricket, is a large species of bush-cricket belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this insect was recorded 116 times across 6 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Europe ranged from 44°N in April to 59°N in August, about 1,600 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

RegionFirst arrivalLast arrivalTypical peakAreas
Europe23 March 202627 April 202629 June 20264

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.