Great Green Bush-Cricket vs Rice Weevil

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Great Green Bush-Cricket Rice Weevil
Scientific Name Tettigonia viridissima Sitophilus oryzae
Order Orthoptera Coleoptera
Family Tettigoniidae Curculionidae
Size 28-42 mm 2-3.5 mm
Habitat Underground Indoors
Diet Seed Feeders Seed Feeders
Regions Europe, Asia Worldwide
Conservation Least Concern Not Evaluated

Great Green Bush-Cricket

One of the largest katydids in Europe, with a bright green body and long wings. Males produce a loud, sustained stridulation audible from great distances.

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Did You Know?

Despite being largely herbivorous, great green bush-crickets are avid predators and will readily hunt and consume other insects including caterpillars and flies.

Rice Weevil

A small reddish-brown weevil that is one of the most destructive stored grain pests worldwide. Adults bore into kernels to lay eggs inside.

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Did You Know?

A single female can lay up to 400 eggs in her lifetime, each deposited inside an individual grain kernel.