# Rough Saddle Bush-cricket

*Uromenus rugosicollis*

The 'saddle' is actually an enlarged pronotum; because this species is flightless, its wings have evolved into specialized tools used almost exclusively for singing.

- **Taxonomy:** Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Orthoptera › Tettigoniidae › Uromenus
- **IUCN Red List status:** Least Concern
- **Population trend:** stable
- **Biome:** grassland
- **Habitat:** Mediterranean shrublands, garrigue, maquis, and dry grasslands with tall herbaceous vegetation.
- **Diet:** Omnivorous, feeding on a variety of plants, flowers, and occasionally small, slow-moving invertebrates.
- **Range:** France, Spain
- **Size:** 25-35 mm
- **Lifespan:** 6-10 months
- **Active:** diurnal
- **Threats:** Habitat loss from urban expansion and the use of broad-spectrum insecticides in agricultural bordering zones.
- **Safe to approach?:** Harmless to humans. It is a slow-moving insect that may attempt to pinch with its mandibles if squeezed, but it possesses no venom or sting. Observe from a few inches away to see its textured exoskeleton.

## About

Uromenus rugosicollis is a species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Bradyporinae. It is found in Spain and the Pyrenees to southern France.

## Sources

- Plate: https://gaia-dex.com/species/8fa13415-e905-4e9c-8f7c-133f5bfecde8
- iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/541105
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uromenus rugosicollis
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List category, as recorded by Gaia-Dex
- Photo: https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/63009322/medium.jpg (Gilles San Martin, CC-BY-SA, via iNaturalist)

Habitat, diet, size and similar notes are AI-written summaries; check them against the linked sources before relying on them.