Well, this was quite an unexpected visitor to my garden last night. These crickets are attracted to light, apparently, and this one was on my shed. This is a male with its long curved cerci, a bit like an earwigs. It has a notable yellowish stripe along its back with a reddish tinge to it. Both sexes are fully winged. There is no song from this bush-cricket. Body length 12 to 17mm. Ovipositor length 9mm.
The adults are seen July to November, and are found in woodland, hedgerows and gardens. Common and widespread in the south, Wales and the Midlands, scarcer further north.
Rear garden, Staffordshire, England. July 2017.
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Great captures and a cool cricket. I would have thought it was a grasshopper … are they one in the same or just closely related?
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Thank you, Denise. It is the first time I have had a cricket in the garden. Yes, they are related and belong to the same order of insects called Orthoptera. Crickets tend to have longer antennae, and tend to come out at dusk.
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Oh… the Katydid!! 🙂
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It really blends in well with the foliage.
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It certainly does, Sandy.
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Indira mentions the Katydid -which we get here and I have numerous photographs. Are the species the same but different names or related? They look similar.
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They are related and fall into the same family Tettigoniidae. Species may indeed be the same, just different terminology probably. The Latin name will be consistent.
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Not only a great photographer … but a clever one as well!
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You are too kind, Ark. Thank you 🙂
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Very nice shots Pete!
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Thank you, Belinda 🙂
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Great capture my dear friend
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