Speckled bush cricket on a fig leaf
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Speckled bush cricket on a fig leaf
Image: © Jim Champion Taken: 23 Jul 2006
This Speckled bush cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) is sitting on a fig leaf in an urban back yard. They are flightless, although they do have tiny brown flaps on top of the male's body. It is a plant feeder, although apparently not a pest in gardens.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.916889
Longitude
-1.433777