Species map 4. Dark bush-cricket. Sussex Orthoptera - Online Atlas
For ease of comparison with Haes and Harding (1997), records are shown as: pre-1970, 1970-1999 and as 2000 (onwards). The eventual aim is to update all maps as completely as possible with records for 2001 onwards, to show the status of Sussex orthopteroids in the first decade of the new millennium. Records shown for boundary squares may pertain to neighbouring counties.
Dark bush-cricket, Pholidoptera griseoaptera (De Geer, 1773)
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Common in scrubland throughout Sussex. Nymphs often perch conspicuously on the upper leaves of plants such as nettles. Adults are more secretive but easily found because of the loud chirping calls of the males. Persists late into the season, often until early or mid-November.