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The Female Dark Bush-Cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) |
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A close.up photo to show the ear which is situated on each face of the front tibiae. |
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In most of the photos, I had to lose a little of the long slender antennae, to get a closer picture. |
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The males have very short wings, but the females are wingless. |
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The female has blade-like oviposter, either short, or curved like a sickle, or as in this female, long and sabre.like. |
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They are mostly nocturnal insects, but this one,was outside in the afternoon, so I know it is a Dark Bush.cricket, because they like sun.bathing, but will become most active in the evening, and sing well into the night. |
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They belong to the same order as the grasshoppers, but unlike the grasshopper, they are partly carnivorous. |
SATURDAY'S CRITTERS
SATURDAY'S CRITTERS
