Speckled bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)

It was on my wall next to my front door! As the ovipositor is short and sharply curved upwards indicates it is female.

comments (6)

Ludo Sak

Lion

You certainly know your species, thanks for the extra info! Posted 12 years ago
1. Bridget Charity Rendall
  
  Grizzly Bear
  
  If I take a photo of anything I like to carry out research, this is also important for my day job lol Posted 12 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Now there's a quality we like here in the community. Specie identification is one of our persistent challenges, but it has a fun and educational side to it. Thanks for setting the right example. Posted 12 years ago
  2. 1. Bridget Charity Rendall
      
      Grizzly Bear
      
      My pleasure, we have to share our knowledge don't we :) Posted 12 years ago

Ludo Sak

Lion

Grin, same over here:) What do yu do for a living? Im in IT/computers over here, functional consultant. Loving it btw. Posted 12 years ago

Bridget Charity Rendall

Grizzly Bear

I work on an organic farm and deal with all the IT side of things, all the admin, infact I believe I possibly keep the company together, but I love what I do, look us up on Shillingford Organics in Exeter :) I run the FB page for the company too :)
Posted 12 years ago, modified 12 years ago

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 Bridget Charity Rendall