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title: "Oak Bush-cricket"
description: "Meconema thalassinum — Insetos e aranhas. Meconema thalassinum is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae known as the oak bush-cricket and drumming katydid."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/oak-bush-cricket
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Oak Bush-cricket

> Meconema thalassinum — Insetos e aranhas. Meconema thalassinum is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae known as the oak bush-cricket and drumming katydid.

- Scientific name: *Meconema thalassinum*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 19464
- Wikidata: [Q1500649](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1500649)
- iNaturalist taxon: [119170](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119170)

## Names

- en: Oak Bush-cricket
- de: Gemeine Eichenschrecke
- fr: Méconème tambourinaire
- nl: Boomsprinkhaan
- pl: Nadrzewek długoskrzydły

## Countries with the most observations

CA (4547), US (4371), GB (2154), DK (1355), DE (1273), PL (793), FR (654), CZ (395), AT (332), UA (307), BE (304), SE (294)

## Summary

Meconema thalassinum is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae known as the oak bush-cricket and drumming katydid. It is native to Europe, including the British Isles, and was introduced to the United States, first established in the west of Long Island and extending its range to Rhode Island and Scarsdale, Stony Brook, and Ithaca, New York.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meconema_thalassinum

## Photo

![Oak Bush-cricket](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/oak-bush-cricket/medium.jpg)

Photo: Christian Kahle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34051877

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/oak-bush-cricket?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).