Bush Cricket

Description:

Unless one is a professional photographer, it is always difficult to take a picture of a tiny, green insect sitting on a leaf of the exact same shade of green. So, I often find myself thinking that it might be easier to just "skip this one and find something easier", especially if it happens to be a Tettigoniid which is often extremely hard to identify. However, I try to stick to the idea that if I see it and I have my camera in my hand, I should at least try to get a picture and send it to Project Noah. We could never present a true representation of our local biodiversity if we only photographed the easy ones. So, here it is; a green leaf with plenty of holes and the culprit sitting beside its work. 😊

Habitat:

Spotted in our backyard on a Hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus) locally called Bataw. Plant identification - http://www.stuartxchange.org/Bataw

Notes:

This Bush Cricket was spotted on the same plant, just a few inches from the Lynx Spider in my spotting immediately before this. https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/84... The Cricket is only slightly bigger than the spider. So, I would imagine that the Lynx will make short work of it if he spots it. Who knows? Maybe the green on green will help the Cricket avoid detection.