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Great Green Bush-Cricket nymph? My guess is that this is the nymph of a Great Green Bush-Cricket. Check the comment below for a view on its back. I was hoping for a better composition here, but after chasing this fella for 15 minutes I decided to just snap and leave it alone. Great Green Bush-Cricket,Heesch,Macro,Tettigonia viridissima Click/tap to enlarge

Great Green Bush-Cricket nymph?

My guess is that this is the nymph of a Great Green Bush-Cricket. Check the comment below for a view on its back. I was hoping for a better composition here, but after chasing this fella for 15 minutes I decided to just snap and leave it alone.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Back side, may help in confirming or rejecting my identification:

    Bush-cricket backside, before jump Not the most interesting perspective, yet it gives a good detail on their backside, as well as their posture right before making a giant leap to the next leaf. Great Green Bush-Cricket,Heesch,Macro,Tettigonia viridissima
     Posted 12 years ago, modified 12 years ago

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The Great green bush-cricket

''Tettigonia viridissima'', the great green bush-cricket, is a large species of bush-cricket belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae.

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Similar species: Grasshoppers And Crickets
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Jun 25, 2013. Captured Jun 20, 2013 21:58.
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  • NIKON D7000
  • f/8.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO320
  • 105mm