What in the name of all that's holy is this?
Durlston CP, Dorset
Not Lepidoptera - Aliens
Re: Not Lepidoptera - Aliens
It's a dark bush cricket male.
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That gave me the best laugh that i've had in days Dave.
I agree with Mike, Dark Bush Cricket. They do look alien like tho, especially if seeing them for the first time.
Denise
I agree with Mike, Dark Bush Cricket. They do look alien like tho, especially if seeing them for the first time.
Denise
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I'll be locking my windows tonight, that's for sure
To butterfly meadows, chalk downlands and leafy glades; to summers eternal.
Re: Not Lepidoptera - Aliens
It's a female. The ovipositor is hidden by a blade of grass.
Misha
Misha
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It's possible Misha but I still think it's a male. Do you have any more pics Dave?
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id agree with misha,
100% female on colouration and markings alone, let alone the fact that you can see the base of the ovipositor.
gary.
100% female on colouration and markings alone, let alone the fact that you can see the base of the ovipositor.
gary.
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Another thing that proves it's female is the fact that the wings are reduced to tiny flaps. In the male they are developed into the stridulatory apparatus, as in this 1974 slide.
Misha
Misha
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Well that told me, didn't it?
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Hi - No more photos I'm afraid, it pulled a knife and nicked my camera
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Bad cheese old chap. That's not cricket, what?