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12-05-2008, 08:09 PM
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Can you help with the ID of this cricket nymph. Taken at slapton ley, south Devon. Sitting on a buttercup.
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12-05-2008, 08:37 PM
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I think it's an Oak Bush-cricket, nice shots!
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Looks like Speckled Bush-cricket nymph to me- look at the numerous black spots on the legs. Also this species is more likely to be found in herbage/low shrubs, whereas Oak BC usually on trees/tall shrubs + has more slender profile with yeloow dorsal stripe. |
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Originally Posted by aeshna5  Looks like Speckled Bush-cricket nymph to me- look at the numerous black spots on the legs. Also this species is more likely to be found in herbage/low shrubs, whereas Oak BC usually on trees/tall shrubs + has more slender profile with yeloow dorsal stripe. | I would agree too.Speckled BC.
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thankyou for your help with this one.
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