Orthoptera

walwyn Mon, 09/06/2010 - 00:51
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Female Roesel's Bush Cricket
Metrioptera roeselii

 

This Order of insects with over 17,000 species, of which 650 are found mostly in southern Europe, the UK has just 30 species. The order consists of the Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Locusts. They are large insects with a blunt head and saddle shaped pronotum.

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