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Dark bush cricket female Dark bush cricket on limestone grassland with mainly oak scrub Dark bush-cricket,Pholidoptera griseoaptera Click/tap to enlarge

Dark bush cricket female

Dark bush cricket on limestone grassland with mainly oak scrub

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  1. View WildFlower's profile
    WildFlower
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    There are several similar species like this one.
    http://www.pyrgus.de/arten_en.php?zaehl=0&gruppe=saltatoria&familie=Tettigoniidae     Posted 10 years ago
  2. View dunlak's profile
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    I'm thinking Metrioptera roeselii, Roesel's bush cricket Posted 10 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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      hi Dunlak, two small remarks:

      - Please use the reply link below somebody comment, otherwise that person will never see your response.
      - Please don't forget to set the country on this photo

      Thanks!       Posted 10 years ago
      1. View WildFlower's profile
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        Never say never ;) Posted 10 years ago
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      WildFlower
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      I would rather bet on a female Pholidoptera griseoaptera (Dark bush-cricket). It has a very fine white line along the edge of the pronotum while Metrioptera roeselii has a wider one and some yellow/green spots on the side of the body above the legs while here the spot is black.
      https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/sets/72157631754944234/
      https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/sets/72157631747554503/
      http://www.schule-bw.de/unterricht/faecher/biologie/material/wirbellose/insekt/heuschrecken/bilder/pholidoptera_griseoaptera13_1024.jpg       Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
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    Thanks and sorry for the delay in responding. I'm sure you're right _ I've got a lot to learn about these species so I really do appreciate all of your comments Posted 10 years ago

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The Dark bush-cricket

The dark bush-cricket is a flightless species of bush-cricket.

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Similar species: Grasshoppers And Crickets
Species identified by WildFlower
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By dunlak

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Uploaded Aug 17, 2015. Captured Aug 17, 2015 16:11.
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark III
  • f/4.5
  • 1/1000s
  • ISO640
  • 100mm