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bush cricket nymph

Photo by Harsha Singh
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Field Notes

Description:

A segmented cricket with or without a tail and long antennae.

Habitat:

long grasses, kitchen gardens.

Species ID Suggestions

Gray bush cricket nymph stage

Platycleis albopunctata

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Ashish
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Alpine bush cricket at nymph stage

Anonconotus alpinus

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Comments (4)
Harsha Singh
No, it doesn't have wings stretching backwards. Look carefully. The capping organ in the third picture has something come out from beneath. It was vibrating and making a loud shrill.
Ashish
I find both species are matching your insect.
Harsha Singh
Are you sure? I spotted one on my bed last night and it had no tail. Here, in the third picture.
Ashish
Brown bush cricket nymph.
Photographed
PublishedJuly 19, 2011

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