Bush Cricket and Friends

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Bush Cricket at Moor Copse Nature Reserve and some of his Hopper friends.

[ladylouise62]

LOL - that's what I meant to do - lump them all together

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Yep, one of these days will look them all up, but it is for another day.

[Catherine]

Some really super pics there, Rolf! You certainly have mastered that lens!

I think the first one is a female – with ovipositor. It is amazing the difference in lengths of the feelers. No. 6 has one short rear leg and a long one. There are strange ‘horns’ at the tails of many – possibly for mating grip?

And that last one really made me laugh. He looks so ‘surprised’

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Thanks Catherine, yes it's a lovely lens, providing it can be held still enough, the results are nice and crisp. The little chap in the last photo really needs a caption.