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Brown-spotted Bush-cricket
Tessellana tessellata
27 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Tuberous Bush-cricketPlatycleis affinis
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
White-faced Bush-cricketDecticus albifrons
Grey Bush-cricketPlatycleis albopunctata
Common Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Short-winged ShieldbackDecticita brevicauda
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Incertana decorata
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 800 |
|---|---|
| France | 712 |
| California | 454 |
| Oregon | 311 |
| Occitanie | 252 |
| Spain | 248 |
| Portugal | 181 |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 140 |
| Italy | 94 |
| Bretagne | 79 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera |
| Family | Katydids · Tettigoniidae |
| Genus | Tessellana |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Brown-spotted Bush-cricket with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.