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Photo by m.prasad.369
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Field Notes

Description:

Length: ~1.5cm
Season : Rainy season
Time : 2:15am 29Nov2021
Frequency : Rare
Life stage : Adult
Observations :
a. Whole body has glassy shining other than abdomen.
b. A pair of long hairy antenna. Right one seems cut.

Habitat:

Spotted inside the car parking very close to open abandoned area with lot of plants.

Notes:

Some species of cricket.

Species ID Suggestions

Giant burrowing cricket

Brachytrupes grandidieri Saussure, 1877

Reference Link
Võ Anh Tuấn
1

Earwig

Forficula auricularia

Reference Link
pramod.mitikiri
1

Comments (2)
m.prasad.369
Thanks for the suggestion but there is no resemblance. Are you sure about it? BTW, one more same/similar spotting : https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/2064592242
m.prasad.369
pramod.mitikiri, Thanks for the comment! :) This is some species of Cricket. Earwig usually contains big cerci, flat and lengthy body. Happy to see you on this platform! :)
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PublishedNovember 29, 2021

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