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Bush crickets

Tettigoniidae

Description:

The family Tettigoniidae, known as bush crickets, are distinguished from grasshoppers by the length of their filamentous antennae, which may exceed their own body length, while grasshoppers' antennae are always relatively short and thickened.

Habitat:

The Bush crickets can be found in a number of locations including: Africa, Asia, Australia, China, Europe, Indian subcontinent, North America, South America, United Kingdom.

Notes:

Found him moving from the wall and on to a picture frame, late in the evening. He seemed to be loving the attention that he stood still for a while!

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10 Comments

surekha
surekha a year ago

Yes, I did not realize until then! We were delighted to see these lovely markings on it :)) Thanks again, my friend :)

Hemma
Hemma a year ago

You are very welcome Surekha. i think that the colors of this cricket are quite pretty.

surekha
surekha a year ago

Thanks for stopping by and the nice comments, Emma :)

Hemma
Hemma a year ago

great photos Surekha!!

surekha
surekha a year ago

Thank you, 8BitFinch :)

surekha
surekha a year ago

Thanks ceherzog! I've changed that!

8BitFinch
8BitFinch a year ago

Beautiful! Great photos.

ceherzog
ceherzog a year ago

Very nice! Your first photo did not load so you might want to give it another try or delete it so a photo shows on the organisms page.

surekha
surekha a year ago

Thank you, AnnvanWijgerden!

AnnvanWijgerden
AnnvanWijgerden a year ago

Love your photo series! :-)

Gurgoan, Haryana, India

Lat: 28.44, Long: 76.99

Spotted on Oct 16, 2011
Submitted on Nov 2, 2011

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