Orthoptera - Grasshoppers and Crickets

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Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum (De Geer 1773)

• Body plus ovipositor about 20mm long: antennae nearly 40mm

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

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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