Meconema meridionale

Meconema meridionale is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae, commonly known as the southern oak bush cricket.

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• S dliche eichenschrecke meconema meridionale
• Southern oak bush cricket meconema meridionale female
• References

It commonly measures 14 to 17 mm in length (not including antennae) and is carnivorous, arboreal and nocturnal. It has a more southerly distribution than its relative, Meconema thalassinum, being found in southern France, south-western Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, the former Yugoslavia and, since 2001, the UK. It is a predator of the Horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.