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Song:
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No calling song. No courtship sounds known, but courtship never observed. The tympana and stridulatory file are well developed.
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Identification:
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Length 12–17 mm. Forewings covering less than two-thirds of abdomen; length of forewings generally less than 2.3 (males) or 2.2 (females) times medial length of pronotum. Stridulatory file with 45–70 teeth, 0.9 to 1.5 mm long.
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Similar species:
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Musical bush cricket—wings longer; more than 70 teeth in stridulatory file; loud calling song.
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Habitat:
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On grass and shrubby undergrowth, especially in pine flatwoods.
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Season:
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Aug.–Dec. N. Fla. data
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More information:
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Subfamily Eneopterinae, genus Hapithus.
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References:
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Walker 1977.
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Nomenclature:
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OSF (Orthoptera Species File Online).
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