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Southern Oak Bush-cricket

Meconema meridionale

2,035Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
60Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun26
Jul276
Aug741
Sep548
Oct284
Nov120
Dec19

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England147
2Essex England110
3Kingston upon Hull, City of England99
4Surrey England88
5Cambridgeshire England74
6Suffolk England53
7Oxfordshire England46
8Thurrock England35
9Northamptonshire England33
10Brighton and Hove England30
11Nottinghamshire England19
12Norfolk England18
13Dorset England17
14Lincolnshire England13
15Medway England11
1,999 England6 Scotland26 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,035
Peak month
August
Counties with records
60
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Meconema meridionale
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,540
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Tettigoniidae
Genus
Meconema
Name with authority
Meconema meridionale Costa, 1860
Described
1860
Contributing datasets
8

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q493669 · GBIF 1690429