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Field cricket, grillo de campo

Gryllus campestris

Description:

Female. Dark-coloured flightless insect 2 cm long.

Habitat:

Spotted in a house garden, at the Sierra de Guadarrama. Gryllus campestris prefers dry, sunny locations with short vegetation, like dry grasslands and is restricted to heathlands and oligotrophic grasslands at the northern edge of its range

Notes:

Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/60 sec. f/32 ISO Speed Rating: 200. Focal Length: 90.0 mm. Flash fired

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2 Comments

arlanda
arlanda a year ago

Thanks Cindy

Nice series and good looking cricket

Los Molinos, Madrid, Spain

Lat: 40.73, Long: -4.08

Spotted on Jun 9, 2012
Submitted on Jun 18, 2012

Spotted for mission

Reference

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