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Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) male on rugosa rose hips at night.  Europe Migratory Locust (Schistocerca migratoria) hopper on quartz pebble.  Africa, Asia and Southern Europe Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) male on rugosa rose hips at night.  Europe Slender Ground-hopper (Tetrix subulata) female.  Europe Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) brachypterous female 'dorsal stripe' colour variant. Dark Bush Cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) female on Cotoneaster in September.  Europe Dark Bush Cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) female on Cotoneaster in September.  Europe Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus) male sunning on beech leaf in September.  Europe Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) female. Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) final instar nymph. Speckled Bush Cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) first instar nymph.  Europe Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) 2nd instar nymph. Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) 2nd instar nymph. Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) 2nd instar nymph. Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) 2nd instar nymph. Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) 1st instar nymph. Dark Bush Cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) 2nd instar nymph on the broken end of a Bluebell leaf. Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) male in typical head-down position stridulating at night.  This individual has lost one of its hind legs. Oak Bush Cricket (Meconema thalassinum) female on acorns, late October.  Europe Oak Bush Cricket (Meconema thalassinum) female on acorns, late October.  Europe Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) brachypterous female.  Europe Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) brachypterous female.  Europe Oak Bush Cricket (Meconema thalassinum) portrait.  Europe Oak Bush Cricket (Meconema thalassinum) portrait.  Europe Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) female portrait.  Europe Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) female portrait.  Europe Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) female nymph on Bramble flowers cleaning its antenna. Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) adult emerging from nymphal skin.  Series of six No. 6.  Africa and southern Europe Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) adult emerging from nymphal skin.  Series of six No. 5.  Africa and southern Europe Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) in flight.  Africa and southern Europe Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) final instar nymph.  Africa and Europe Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) adult emerging from nymphal skin.  Series of six No. 2.  Africa, Asia and Southern Europe Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus).  Europe Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) final instar nymph.  Africa and southern Europe Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) final instar nymph.  Africa and southern Europe Speckled Bush Cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) nymph on Orange Hawkweed.  Europe Common Field Grasshoppers (Chorthippus brunneus) escaping from danger.  Europe Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) female in flight.  Europe Speckled Bush Cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima). Roesel's Bush Cricket (Metrioptera roeselii) winged male. Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) female. Speckled Bush Cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) nymph on buttercup. Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) female penetrating ground with ovipositor to lay eggs. Roesel's Bush Cricket (Metrioptera roeselii) macropterous male leaping from Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense). Short-winged Conehead Cricket (Conocephalus dorsalis) female leaping from Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica). Young Oak (Quercus robur) leaves with Speckled Bush Cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima).  Europe Pigeon Louse (Columbicola columbae) on a feather.  Worldwide Beech Woolly Aphid (Phyllaphis fagi) on a beech leaf. Nettle Aphid (Microlophium carnosum) winged female. Rose Aphid (Macrosiphum rosae) winged female giving birth. Greenhouse Whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum). Nettle Aphids (Microlophium carnosum) at various stages of growth on a nettle stem. Sycamore Aphid (Drepanosiphum platanoides) over-wintering female giving birth to a young aphid and surrounded by her family. Nettle Aphid (Microlophium carnosum) female giving birth. Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia) female guarding eggs and newly-hatched young.  Europe Tawny Cockroach (Ectobius pallidus) female carrying egg pod. Springtails (Colembola) floating on the surface of a pond with detritus including red spider mite, larger Colembola species, small beetle, small parasitic wasp, mammalian hair, birch seed and mosquito egg mass. Marine Springtails (Anurida maritima) clustering on the surface of a tide pool.  Europe Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus). Caterpillar. Speckled Bush Cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) with dew drops.
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