Lockdown has meant so many of us have been restricted to our gardens during this grim pandemic. However, amongst all the gloom it’s great that we are showing more interest in our own garden wildlife. A surge of enquiries, particularly … Read More
Even in the very early nymph stages crickets can easily be identified from grasshoppers by their extraordinarily long antennae. This tiny Speckled Bush-Cricket photographed in the garden (above left) had a body length of little more than 3-4mm yet its … Read More
This male Great Green Bush Cricket (above left) was photographed at Prussia Cove, near Praa Sands on the south coast of Cornwall. Our first sighting of this species of cricket this year, it’s a reminder of how big they are … Read More
This female Speckled Bush-cricket was found during a search for a Stick Insect in a friend’s garden in Falmouth, Cornwall. The cricket’s oviposter is not yet fully developed showing she has still not reached maturity. Our search had been inspired … Read More
Common name: Speckled Bush-cricket Latin name: Leptophyes punctatissima Family: Tettigoniidae >> Phaneropterinae Adults seen: late July to November This photo Date: 25 July Location: Marsland valley, Cornwall and Devon county boundary
Common name: Grey Bush-cricket Latin name: Platycleis albopunctata Family: Tettigoniidae >> Decticinae Adults seen: July to October This photo Date: 17 July Location: Braunton Burrows, Devon
Common name: Bog Bush-cricket Latin name: Metrioptera brachyptera Family: Grasshoppers, crickets and cockroaches (Orthoptera) This photo Date: 3 July Location: Braunton Burrows, Devon
Common name: Speckled Bush Cricket Latin name: Leptophyes punctatissima Family: Crickets (Orthoptera) Date: 26 June Location: garden, Marsland valley, Devon
Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) – nymph.