Meconema thalassinum
 Meconema thalassinum is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae known in North America as the drumming katydid and in Europe as the oak bush-cricket. It is native to Europe but was introduced to the United States becoming established first in the west of Long Island and having since extended its range there to Rhode Island and Scarsdale Stony Brook and Ithaca New York .M.