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Grey bush cricket

Platycleis albopunctata (Goeze, 1778)

Status not recordedinsects

The grey bush cricket (Platycleis albopunctata) is a species in the family Tettigoniidae, order Orthoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.35 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the grey bush cricket

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.8 cm – 2.35 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivore
Main food
seeds
Habitat
grassland, rocky
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Generations a year
One
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the grey bush cricket?

GREY BUSH CRICKET · LENGTH 2.35 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.35 cm, the recorded maximum length of the grey bush cricket is about 1.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the grey bush cricket live?

Not recorded

Is the grey bush cricket endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the grey bush cricket classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOrthoptera
  5. familyTettigoniidae
  6. genusPlatycleis
  7. SpeciesPlatycleis albopunctata (Goeze, 1778)

Synonyms Platycleis denticulata, Tettigonia albopunctatus

Other names and names in other languages (17)
  • Common grey bush-cricketEnglish
  • Grey bush-cricketEnglish
  • Saltarel·la de muntanyaCatalan
  • kobylka šedáCzech
  • sandgræshoppeDanish
  • Westliche BeißschreckeGerman
  • paahdehepokattiFinnish
  • Decticelle chagrinéeFrench
  • Baltataškis spragtukasLithuanian
  • sandgresshoppeNorwegian Bokmål
  • duinsabelsprinkhaanDutch
  • sandgrashoppeNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Podłatczyn białoplamekPolish
  • Saltarela-de-pintas-brancasPortuguese
  • скачок белопятнистыйRussian
  • kobylka sivastáSlovak
  • grå vårtbitareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the grey bush cricket

Other species in the same genus Platycleis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the grey bush cricket?

An adult grey bush cricket measures 1.8 cm – 2.35 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What does the grey bush cricket eat?

Its recorded main food is seeds.

What kind of animal is the grey bush cricket?

The grey bush cricket (Platycleis albopunctata) belongs to the family Tettigoniidae in the order Orthoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Grey bush cricket (Platycleis albopunctata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-bush-cricket

MLA

“Grey bush cricket (Platycleis albopunctata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-bush-cricket.

BibTeX
@misc{grey_bush_cricket_2026,
  title = {Grey bush cricket (Platycleis albopunctata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-bush-cricket},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}