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Large Conehead

Ruspolia nitidula

Classification

Class
Insecta

Ruspolia nitidula, the large conehead, is a species of bush cricket belonging to the subfamily Conocephalinae of the family Tettigoniidae. It is found throughout Europe, Africa, and the Palearctic part of Asia. A vernacular name that has been used is "cone-headed grasshopper", although it is not a grasshopper, but rather a bush cricket.

Distribution

Dennis Maas · CC BY-SA
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Switzerland · 5,335France · 1,999Germany · 1,124Spain · 546Italy · 536Netherlands · 249United Kingdom · 72Belgium · 28Luxembourg · 16