Myrmeleotettix maculatus (Thunberg, 1815)

Nutrition:
The species feeds on grasses, but also mosses and herbs.

Habitat:
Myrmeleotettix maculatus colonizes especially gappy sandy grasslands, sandy open woodlands, more rarely also stony calcareous grasslands, dry moorland with open peat spots or stony pastures in the mountains. Myrmeleotettix maculatus can be found, for example, in the Valais still at 2500 meters above sea level!

Life cycle:
Myrmeleotettix maculatus is very early adult from early or mid-June and can still be observed in early October. The eggs are deposited according to literature superficially into the loose substrate.

Endangerment: endangered

Endangerment factors:
Myrmeleotettix maculatus is especially threatened by the loss of nutrient-poor sand and calcareous grasslands.

Remarks:
Myrmeleotettix maculatus occurs in Europe and temperate Asia to Siberia.