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Macro shot of a Speckled Bush Cricket on a bush taken from above.

Leptophyes punctatissima Speckled Bush-Cricket Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Speckled bush-cricket in its habitat in Denmark

$The speckled bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) is a flightless species of bush-cricket that occurs across most of Europe.\nDescription:\nThe grass-green body, which is about 15 millimetres long, carries minute black specks, as reflected in the common and Latin name of the species; in addition, the dorsal surface of the abdomen features a brown stripe; this is more pronounced in the male. A yellow-white stripe extends backwards from the eyes. The lower legs and feet are brownish. The antennae are twice as long as the body. The species is brachypterous: the male's forewings are reduced to small flaps, and those of the female are even more reduced. The hindwings are completely absent, and both males and females are flightless.\n The female's ovipositor is laterally compressed and curves sharply upwards. The song of the male, produced by rubbing the right wing against a tooth-like projection at the base of the left, is short (1 to 10 ms) and feeble; at a frequency of 40 kHz, it can best be heard with the aid of a bat detector. Unlike other cricket species, the female is able to respond to the male's calls with a weaker call of her own, which attracts the male to her. The speckled bush-cricket is quite a common species, but its colouring and secretive lifestyle, hidden away in the undergrowth, mean that it often passes unnoticed. \nDistribution:\nThe speckled bush-cricket is common across much of Europe – it ranges from the British Isles, France and Belgium in the west to the European parts of Russia in the east, and from southern Scandinavia in the north to southern Italy, Bulgaria and Greece; it has been recorded as far south as Palestine (source Wikipedia). \n\nThis nice Cricket was photographed in my Garden Pond in September 2020.$

Young grasshopper on plants with flowers, southern Ukraine

A colorful katydid nymph on a white inflorescence

single bright green cricket resting on a bramble leaf

A grasshopper stops by for a little tomato lunch.

Natural closeup on a nymph of the Mediterranean Katydid, Phaneroptera nana on a yellow leaf

Leptophyes punctatissima Speckled Bush-Cricket Nymph Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Speckled Bush Cricket, early stage nymph,

$Description:\nAdult wart-biters are 31–82 millimeters, with females being significantly larger than males. They are typically dark green in colour, usually with dark brown blotches on the pronotum and wings (a dark brown morphotype also occurs). The female has a long and slightly up curved ovipositor.\n The wart-biter has a song consisting of a rapidly repeated series of short bursts of clicks, sometimes lasting for several minutes.\nWart-biters normally move about by walking; they rarely fly, except when frightened. Most can only fly 3 to 4 meters at a time.\nHabitat:\nThe species is found in calcareous grassland and heathland habitats.\n\nDiet:\nThe species is omnivorous. Plants eaten include knapweed, nettles, bedstraws; the species also eats insects, including other grasshoppers. \nLife cycle:\nThe wart-biter lays its eggs in the soil; these eggs normally hatch after two winters. It then passes through seven instar stages between April and June. The adult stage is reached in the beginning of July. Wart-biter populations peak in late July and early August. Newly hatched Decticus are encased in a sheath to facilitate their trip to the soil surface, the sheath holding the legs and antennae safely against the body while burrowing upwards. A neck which can in turn be inflated and deflated, enlarges the top of its tunnel, easing its passage upwards.\nStatus and distribution:\nThis species occurs throughout continental Europe, except the extreme south, ranging from southern Scandinavia to Spain, Italy, and Greece. It is also found in temperate Asia, as far east as China. Geographic features such as mountains have fragmented the species, leading to a wide range of forms and numerous subspecies.\n\nConservation:\nThe population of wart-biters has declined in many areas of northern Europe. In Britain and the Netherlands, it is threatened with extinction (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.$

The picture shows a close-up of a green grasshopper sitting on a branch.

Tettigoniidae, or Katydid Bush Cricket, resting on chrysanthemums . OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

An immature nymph standing at the end of a leaf

Macro closeup of the Speckled bush-cricket (leptophyes punctatissima)

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A tettigonia viridissima Grasshopper on a Yellow flower in autumn at sunset

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Grasshopper on flowers in the garden in summer time

$Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) adult female at rest on leaf\$

$Umbria, Italy:\nGreen Grasshopper$

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