Barbitistes constrictus - Eastern Saw Bush-cricket
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Description: Ground colour bluish green. Head is at least as wide as the pronotum long. Yellow stripe behind the eyes, antennae are dark. (♂ 18-23 mm,♀ 23-25 mm). Wings are very short, especially by the females. ♂ pronotum dark, cerci cross each other, long and not evenly getting thinner towards the tip. Subgenital plate is rounded at the end. The ovipositor (9-11 mm) is straight on the bottom side, only tip pointing upwards.
Similar species: Barbitistes serricauda and Isophya species
Adults: from July to October
Song: Faint and short eschemes, only hearable with a bat detector (25 kHz). Sings mostly in the evening.