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Heath Bushcricket

Gampsocleis glabra (Herbst, 1786)

Status not recordedinsects

The heath bushcricket (Gampsocleis glabra) is a species in the family Tettigoniidae, order Orthoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.7 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the heath bushcricket

Weight
Not recorded
Length
2 cm – 2.7 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the heath bushcricket?

HEATH BUSHCRICKET · LENGTH 2.7 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.7 cm, the recorded maximum length of the heath bushcricket is about 1.6% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the heath bushcricket live?

Not recorded

Is the heath bushcricket 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 heath bushcricket classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOrthoptera
  5. familyTettigoniidae
  6. genusGampsocleis
  7. SpeciesGampsocleis glabra (Herbst, 1786)

Synonyms Decticus alberti, Decticus glabra, Decticus gratiosus, Decticus maculatus, Gampsocleis annae, Gampsocleis podolica, Locusta glabra, Locusta maculata, Locusta prima

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Heath bush-cricketEnglish
  • Steppe spiny bush-cricketEnglish
  • kobylka hladkáCzech
  • HeideschreckeGerman
  • Le Dectique des brandesFrench
  • tőrös szöcskeHungarian
  • Kleine wrattenbijterDutch
  • Stepówka nadnidziańskaPolish
  • кузнечик гладкийRussian
  • kobylka pustatinováSlovak
  • Dectique des brandesFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the heath bushcricket

Other species in the same genus Gampsocleis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the heath bushcricket?

An adult heath bushcricket measures 2 cm – 2.7 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the heath bushcricket?

The heath bushcricket (Gampsocleis glabra) 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). Heath Bushcricket (Gampsocleis glabra). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/heath-bushcricket

MLA

“Heath Bushcricket (Gampsocleis glabra).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/heath-bushcricket.

BibTeX
@misc{heath_bushcricket_2026,
  title = {Heath Bushcricket (Gampsocleis glabra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/heath-bushcricket},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}