Tettigonia caudata (Charpentier, 1842)

Nutrition:
In most cases, carnal food (insects, etc.), but also partly plants.

Habitat:
As habitat serve usually dry warm, bushy and edge-rich habitats, mainly bushy grasslands, slopes, and occasionally fields if they are located in a richly textured landscape.

Life cycle:
The adults are generally found from June to October. I met adults already in mid-May 2010 near the coast in Northern Greece. The males attract attention by their loud singing as it is the case with the two other Tettigonia. Eggs are laid in the soil and the larvae hatch as many Tettigoniidae not until after the second winter.

Endangerment factors:
Locally this species is threatened by the uniformization of the landscape due to the still increasing land use pressures.

Remarks:
Tettigonia caudata is of eastern origin (Central Asia to Eastern Europe) and extends west to the eastern Switzerland (Lower Engadine) and to eastern Germany (Berlin).