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Speckled bush-cricket macro, defensive pose Bush crickets are highly aware of their environment, from meters away they can see you coming. Usually they shy away and show me their hinds, but this one was a bit more daring. Geotagged,Heesch,Leptophyes punctatissima,Netherlands,Speckled bush-cricket,Summer Click/tap to enlarge

Speckled bush-cricket macro, defensive pose

Bush crickets are highly aware of their environment, from meters away they can see you coming. Usually they shy away and show me their hinds, but this one was a bit more daring.

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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 Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Sep 26, 2015. Captured Jul 11, 2015 17:57 in Nistelrodeseweg 24, 5384 PN Heesch, Netherlands.
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  • NIKON D800
  • f/13.0
  • 1/125s
  • ISO100
  • 105mm
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Captured in the summer. More summer photos.