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Orthoptera – Oak Bush-crickets

Order Orthoptera – Bush-crickets, Crickets & Grasshoppers
   Suborder Ensifera
      Superfamily Tettigonioidea
         Family Meconematidae – Oak Bush-crickets
            Genus – Meconema

Meconema thalassinum - Oak Bush Cricket (nymph), Anston Stones Wood
Meconema thalassinum - Oak Bush Cricket, Chamber’s Farm Wood, Lincs.
Meconema thalassinum - Oak Bush Cricket, Chamber’s Farm Wood, Lincs. [walking on stilts and whistling a tune]

Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Monday 3rd February 2025, a walk around RSPB Old Moor. 31 January 2025
  • Next Meeting – Wednesday 29 January 2025 at Parklands Social Club. 1.30pm 22 January 2025
  • Subs are now due 20 January 2025
  • Next Meeting – Saturday18 January 2025 AGM at Potteric Carr 10 January 2025
  • Next Meeting – New Year Walk on Saturday 4th January 2025 29 December 2024

Gallery

Bempton Cliffs Ocypus ophthalmicus - Blue Rove Beetle, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.

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