The Green Tree Cricket is a bright green cricket that lives up in the trees instead of on the ground. Males make a loud, high, ringing trill at night in late summer and fall. It lives in East Asia, including Japan and Korea, and has not been recorded in the US.
Appearance
- Appearance
- About 0.8–1 in (20–25 mm) long, with a flat, leaf-shaped, vivid green body. Females are green all over; males have a brown patch in the middle of the back.
- Voice
- Only males sing. They raise their wings at an angle and produce a loud, high-pitched trill that is big for such a small insect.
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- street trees
- park and garden trees
- Range
- East Asia, including Japan (Honshu southward) and Korea. It has not been reported in the US.
- Preferred conditions
- It spends its life among the leaves of broadleaf trees and does well on city street trees.
Conservation
- IUCN Red List
- NENot EvaluatedNot yet assessed
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