Metrioptera caprai Baccetti, 1956
![Metrioptera caprai: Male (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_im2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Male (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
![Metrioptera caprai: Male (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_2im2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Male (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
![Metrioptera caprai: Male (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_3im2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Male (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
![Metrioptera caprai: Male (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_4im2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Male (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
![Metrioptera caprai: Male (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_5im2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Male (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
![Metrioptera caprai: Male (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_6im2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Male (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
![Metrioptera caprai: Female (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_7im2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Female (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
![Metrioptera caprai: Female (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_8im2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Female (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
![Metrioptera caprai: Female (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_9im2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Female (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
![Metrioptera caprai: Female (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_10im2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Female (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
![Metrioptera caprai: Female (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_11im2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Female (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
![Metrioptera caprai: Female feeding on a caterpillar (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_12im2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Female feeding on a caterpillar (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
![Metrioptera caprai: Female feeding on a caterpillar (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_13im2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Female feeding on a caterpillar (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
![Metrioptera caprai: Female (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_14im2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Female (Italy, Rieti, Monte Terminillo, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
![Metrioptera caprai: Habitat on Mount Terminillo were low-growing junipers on the grassy slope (Rieti, Italy, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_h2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Habitat on Mount Terminillo were low-growing junipers on the grassy slope (Rieti, Italy, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
![Metrioptera caprai: Habitat on Mount Terminillo were low-growing junipers on the grassy slope (Rieti, Italy, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_2h2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Habitat on Mount Terminillo were low-growing junipers on the grassy slope (Rieti, Italy, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
![Metrioptera caprai: Habitat (foreground) on Mount Terminillo were low-growing junipers on the grassy slope (Rieti, Italy, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_3h2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Habitat (foreground) on Mount Terminillo were low-growing junipers on the grassy slope (Rieti, Italy, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
![Metrioptera caprai: Habitat on Mount Terminillo were low-growing junipers on the grassy slope (Rieti, Italy, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/caprai_4h2016.jpg "Metrioptera caprai: Habitat on Mount Terminillo were low-growing junipers on the grassy slope (Rieti, Italy, 1800m, late September 2016) [N]")
Nutrition:
The species feeds on plants and other insects. I watched a female feeding on a caterpillar.
Habitat:
Metrioptera caprai inhabits higher growing places that are interspersed with dwarf shrubs (Juniperus). It lives on sunny mountain slopes between app. 1300 and 2200m.
Remarks:
Metrioptera caprai is endemic to the Apennines (Italy) and occurs there in several subspecies. The images from Monte Terminillo (Rieti) show the nominate subspecies.
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