Bad-smelling Alkanet vs tree-cricket

Alkanna maleolens compared with Oecanthus pellucens

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while tree-cricket is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	tree-cricket
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Orthoptera (Orthoptera)
Family	Boraginaceae	Gryllidae
Genus	Alkanna	Oecanthus
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Oecanthus pellucens

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

tree-cricket

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	tree-cricket
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

tree-cricket

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Luxembourg.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.