Mt. Takao is considered one of the three major habitat of insects along with Minoo (Osaka prefecture) and Kibune (Kyoto prefecture) and it has long been loved by researchers of insects because of number of species and the easy access from the Metropolitan area. There are many insects first found in Mt. Takao and named after "Takao" such as Takao Shachihoko （Hiradonta takaonis Matsumura） and Takao medaka kamikiri (Stenhomalus takaosanus).
They live in Hokkaido, main land Honsyu, Shikoku, Kyusyu.
They inhabit at grassy places and in green tracts of land in plain ground and in low mountain areas.
The entire boy color is pale green and thin.
They look like grasshoppers, but they belong to Gryllidae group.
Their antennae are three times as long as the body itself.
As their main bait is arrowroot (Pueraria lobata) and Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps), we can find them so often at the back of leaves at the grassy places where their favorite plants grow.
They also eat small insects such as Aphidoidea.
In fact, they are famous as singing insects in autumn, all the more, their singing voice is so clear and refreshing that it has been praised as ‘Queen of Singing Insects’.
Thus, their name is one of the seasonal words (Ki-Go) for autumn.
●Length about 15 mm
●Adult Flight Season August to about November
They inhabit at grassy places and in green tracts of land in plain ground and in low mountain areas.
The entire boy color is pale green and thin.
They look like grasshoppers, but they belong to Gryllidae group.
Their antennae are three times as long as the body itself.
As their main bait is arrowroot (Pueraria lobata) and Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps), we can find them so often at the back of leaves at the grassy places where their favorite plants grow.
They also eat small insects such as Aphidoidea.
In fact, they are famous as singing insects in autumn, all the more, their singing voice is so clear and refreshing that it has been praised as ‘Queen of Singing Insects’.
Thus, their name is one of the seasonal words (Ki-Go) for autumn.
●Length about 15 mm
●Adult Flight Season August to about November