Orthoptera - Grasshoppers and Crickets

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Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum (De Geer 1773)

Meconema thalassinum


Roesel's Bush-cricket Metrioptera roeselii (Hagenbach, 1822)

Metrioptera roeselii
  • Barnwell Nature Reserve TL479583 1 Aug 2004
  • Once confined to coastal regions and rated Notable/Nb
  • Has now spread widely inland, apparently benefitting from warmer climate
  • Song is a long continuous note rather than the chirps of most other crickets
  • Enlargement available


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