Long-winged Conehead Cricket

The Long-winged Conehead is a bush-cricket of rough grassland and woodland rides, as well as damp habitats. It is largely vegetarian, feeding on grasses, but will also eat small invertebrates. Nymphs emerge from mid-May onwards, moulting into their adult forms at the end of July. The 'song' of the Long-winged Conehead (a soft, hissing 'buzz') is barely audible to human ears. Females lay their eggs in late summer in grass stems; here, they overwinter, ready to emerge next spring.