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Bush crickets

Tettigoniidae

Photo by surekha
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Field Notes

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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Comments (9)

Yes, I did not realize until then! We were delighted to see these lovely markings on it :)) Thanks again, my friend :)
You are very welcome Surekha. i think that the colors of this cricket are quite pretty.
Thanks for stopping by and the nice comments, Emma :)
Thanks ceherzog! I've changed that!
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.
Thank you, AnnvanWijgerden!

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