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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.

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

 

 

 

ROESEL'S BUSH CRICKET  Metrioptera roeselii f.diluta. A long-winged form, found in the hay meadow. Photo: 26th July 2004.