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Cricket
Platygryllus sp ?
-23.5279, 27.0466
Field Notes
Description:
greyish immature cricket; body, without appendages,15mm long, the spines on the rear tibia look very pale - perhaps this individual has just moulted which would explain his apparently crumpled wings as well. Adults reach 19mm in length and are dark brown with a pale stripe along the outer edge of the wings.
Habitat:
open sandy vehicle turning area near buildings
Notes:
Another possibility for ID is the Brown Cricket, Acanthogryllus fortipes but this species requires the hind tibia to have 2 rows of heavy, long spines down each rear tibia, perhaps the no. of spines increases with successive moults
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 24, 2013
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