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Orthoptera GRASSHOPPERS and CRICKETS |
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Common Green grasshopper Omocestus viridulus on tennis balls. Near Romford gate, Cabin Hill. 2nd August 2012 |
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Common Green grasshoppers Omocestus viridulus. Meadow grassland. Photos © Michael Rumble 27th August 2012 |
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Speckled bush cricket nymph on nettle leaf 25th June 2013. |
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Right: SPECKLED BUSH CRICKET Leptophyes punctatissima. Female. 5th Aug 2006 on Grey poplar on Cabin Hill. Note the curved ovipositor.
Above: SPECKLED BUSH CRICKET Leptophyes punctatissima. Male.
Photo:14th August 2004. By the Lake. |
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Above: ROESEL'S BUSH CRICKET Metrioptera roeselii f.diluta. A long-winged form, found in the hay meadow. Photo: 26th July 2004.
Left: ROESEL'S BUSH CRICKET Metrioptera roeselii Normal form. Found is the grass meadow. Photo © Michael Rumble 27th August 2012
Below: ROESEL'S BUSH CRICKET Metrioptera roeselii Normal form. Photo: © Vic George 1985.
Note the yellowish green band around the pronotum which lies just behind the head in all pictures. Note also the long antennae found in all Bush crickets.
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| OAK BUSH CRICKET Meconema thalassinum female. The curved ovipositor is used for egg laying in plant stems. 15th October 2006. | OAK BUSH CRICKET Meconema thalassinum male. On poplar and oak. Silent species. 1st October 2006 | |||
