Publication Date:
2024-01-12
Description:
A large population of the sicklebearing bush-cricket Phaneroptera falcata on the Oirschotse\nHeide (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)\nIn 2003 a large population of Phaneroptera falcata was found at the Oirschotse heide, in the\nprovince of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. The total number of individuals was estimated\nat 15,000 with a density of approximately 1 specimen per square meter. A large population like\nthis has never been reported for the Netherlands. In the rest of Europe densities of P. falcata\nbetween 0,01 and 0,13 specimens per square meter are reported. The location is a former agricultural\nfield (7 ha) with a rough vegetation dominated by Senecio jacobea and Cirsium arvense.
Keywords:
Sprinkhanen
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Phaneroptera falcata
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Verspreiding
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Nederland
Repository Name:
National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Format:
application/pdf
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