Identification: Length 15–19 mm. Forewings covering less than two-thirds of abdomen; length of forewings generally more than 2.3 (males) or 2.2 (females) times medial length of pronotum. Stridulatory file with more than 70 teeth, 1.5 to 1.8 mm long.
Habitat: On grass and shrubby undergrowth, especially in pinewoods and in sawgrass marshes.
Season: June–Oct.
Song at 25°C: A musical, irregular tink, tink, tink that speeds up and becomes a trill of ca. 14 p/s. Each such sequence lasts 8-20 sec., with the carrier frequency gradually increasing by several hundred Hertz. Courtship singing resembles calling except that the tinks are more irregular and no trills are produced.
Similar species: Short-winged Bush Cricket (H. brevipennis)--wings shorter; fewer than 70 teeth in stridulatory file; no calling song.
Remarks: The Musical and Short-winged Bush Crickets are are closely related. They have not been found together, but specimens of the two collected 50 miles apart maintain their distinctive features.
More information: subfamily Eneopterinae, genus Hapithus
References: Walker 1977.
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Hapithus melodius, the musical bush cricket, is a species of bush cricket in the family Gryllidae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[2][4]
Hapithus melodius, the musical bush cricket, is a species of bush cricket in the family Gryllidae. It is found in North America.
Hapithus melodius is een rechtvleugelig insect uit de familie krekels (Gryllidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van deze soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1977 door Walker.
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