Orthoptera

avena40 · #1 (**permalink**) 20-12-2011, 09:04 PM

Orthoptera from Oxwich Bay NNR (dune system in the Gower). Had Grey Bush Cricket and marbled grasshopper but these i'm not sure of except possibly speckled bush cricket.
Many thanks

asheleaf · #2 (**permalink**) 20-12-2011, 09:41 PM

1 2 & 3 Common field (maybe??)
4 Speckled bush-cricket nymph
5 not sure, maybe a Mottled female
6 Grey BC nymph possibly
7 another Common Field...

hopefully someone else will know with a bit more certainty

cheers, Ashe

aeshna5 · #3 (**permalink**) 21-12-2011, 07:11 AM

I would agree with Ashe's tentative IDs, though I think the Speckled Bush-cricket is an adult.

I presume the OP meant Mottled Grasshopper when he/she said Marbled Grasshopper?

avena40 · #4 (**permalink**) 21-12-2011, 07:28 AM

Thank you both fro the ID and yes mottled although i like marbled. Surprising how variable they are, especially the grey as i've a number of photos with no green at all on.
Thanks again