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Natural full body closeup on a Roesel's bush cricket, Roeseliana roeselii, sitting on a green leaf

Dark bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) female nymph in side view on a green leaf - Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Also called Large Hay Horse, Large Green Hay Horse, or Green Deciduous Locust.

Sideways macro shot of a dark bush-cricket on a stinging nettle leaf

$Umbria, Italy:\nTettigonia viridissima$

insect Roesel's Bush-cricket (Metrioptera roeselii) perched on a green grass leaf. Czech Republic, Europe wildlife

A macro photograph of a Roesel's Bush Cricket on a leaf in summertime, with a shallow depth of field

Pholidoptera griseoaptera Dark Bush-Cricket Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

A Roesel's Bush Cricket (Metrioptera roeselii), which I found near some rough grassland around Worksop, Nottinghamshire.

Green grasshopper isolated on a white background.

Tettigonia viridissima, great green bush-cricket, in front of white background

True Cricket Nymph of the Family Trigonidiidae

A well camouflaged bush-cricket (Roeseliana roeselii) risks a cautious peek out through the tangle of grass blades and undergrowth.

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

A macropterous (winged) female Roesel's bush-cricket. This winged form is associated with hot summers

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

A closeup of a green grasshopper on a leaf

Tettigonia viridissima, the great green bush-cricket sitting in a rye field.

A beautiful Roesel's Bush-Cricket, Metrioptera roeselii, perching on a wooden fence post. Grasshopper in natural habitat.

$Macro of a cricket on a leaf\n\n[url=/search/lightbox/7036481/?refnum=kerkla#45d76e][img]http://stockpage.de/misc/istock/banner/banner_vetta.jpg[/img][/url]$

Raspy Cricket Nymph of the Family Gryllacrididae

speckled bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)

Green grasshopper on a yellow flower. Large grasshopper.

Roeseliana roeselii Roesel's Bush-Cricket Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Male wart-biter (Decticus verrucivorus) resting on a blade of grass.

Female wart-biter, a bush-cricket, Decticus verrucivorus, in front of white background

$Umbria, Italy:\nGreen Grasshopper$

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