Family: Tettigoniidae
Habitat:
Platycleis escalerai inhabits dry and hot locations (e.g. garrigues).
Life cycle:
The adults occur early from April or May. They usually live up to the summer drought, but in small numbers sometimes also to early autumn.
Remarks:
Platycleis escalerai occurs from southeasternmost Europe (Greece: especially East Eagean Islands, East Bulgaria, Crimea) across Asia Minor and parts of the Near (Levante including Cyprus) and Middle East to Central Asia.. From http://www.pyrgus.de/Platycleis_escalerai_en.html
See also
Λίστα με τα Ορθόπτερα της Κύπρου - ;LIst of Orthoptera of Cyprus
Photos by George Konstantinou
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