Deceptor Bush Cricket

> Oʻahu Deceptor Bush Cricket — Leptogryllus deceptor

# Description A small, likely ground-associated bush-cricket; true appearance poorly documented.

Status: Extinct in the Wild (IUCN 1996) — captive existence doubtful Region & Habitat: Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi; dry lowland valleys and shrublands (inferred). Era of records: Early 20th century.

# Habitat & Ecology (inferred from congeners) - Dry gulches/shrublands; calling at night from grasses or low shrubs. - Sensitive to fire, ungulates, invasive predators.

# Diet - Omnivorous: seeds, small arthropods, plant matter.

# Predators - Geckos, birds (e.g., bulbuls), spiders, invasive ants.

# Behaviour - Nocturnal; acoustic signalling (now lost from soundscape).

# Threats & Drivers - Habitat destruction, invasive species, lights and noise in valleys.

# Cinematic beat (≈15 s) Night chorus in an Oʻahu valley; the soundscape spectrogram shows a missing frequency band—camera glides past a silent twig where a singer should be.

# Related - Extinct Insects – Recent Losses

# See - Wikipedia - Wikimedia Commons – range/map (CC BY-SA 4.0) - Wikimedia Commons – Gryllidae plate (includes genus/relatives)

- Assets: - Wikimedia Commons – composite plate incl. genus/relatives - External: - Wikipedia