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Short-winged Meadow Katydid - by Ymke Broeren I am posting this one on behalf of Ymke, my 13 year old niece who captured this shot in our garden. It was the first time she ever handled a DSLR or a macro scene. Given how heavy the combination is (D800 + 105mm) and how even the tiniest movement with this lens means a ruined shot, I am obviously extremely proud of her. She's also fearless towards insects, which I am not. Leptophyes punctatissima,Speckled bush-cricket,Ymke Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Short-winged Meadow Katydid - by Ymke Broeren

I am posting this one on behalf of Ymke, my 13 year old niece who captured this shot in our garden. It was the first time she ever handled a DSLR or a macro scene. Given how heavy the combination is (D800 + 105mm) and how even the tiniest movement with this lens means a ruined shot, I am obviously extremely proud of her. She's also fearless towards insects, which I am not.

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  1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
    Claire Hamilton
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    Looks like you have some competition there Ferdy! Posted 10 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      Sure do! I'm thinking of sabotaging some camera settings when she tries again. Posted 10 years ago
  3. View morpheme's profile
    morpheme
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    lol… child after my own heart (me who has been seen recently chasing various and often ugly insects around with my macro lens - sometimes even picking them up :p ). I love the striped eyes on the katydids. Posted 10 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      I do all of that, the chasing part, but I have an irrational fear of touching insects or being touched by them. Can't help it, really :) Posted 10 years ago
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    Ymke Broeren
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    Hello I'm joining the site uncle! Posted 9 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      hi Ymke, welcome on board, you probably are the youngest member now :) Posted 9 years ago
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    WildFlower
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    This is a male Leptophyes punctatissima. It has a spotted body, brown legs and bicoloured eyes.
    http://www.janvanduinen.nl/orthoptera.php     Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago

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The Speckled bush-cricket

The speckled bush-cricket is a flightless species of bush-cricket belonging to the family Tettigoniidae. The species was originally described as "Locusta punctatissima" in 1792.

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

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Uploaded Oct 11, 2014. Captured Aug 24, 2014 12:59.
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  • NIKON D800
  • f/8.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO100
  • 105mm