#metrioptera

Metrioptera roeseli

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Testudo hermanni boettgeri

Eupholidoptera or Metrioptera sp.

Hyla arborea

Laudakia stellio stellio

Bombina variegata

Bog bush-cricket (Metrioptera brachyptera)

This shy and elusive cricket spends almost all its time either on the ground or in low vegetation. This specific specimen was photographed in Troldeslugten just north west of Hald Sø in Mid Jutland. In this area the species is fairly common though not commonly seen due to its dark colours and the fact that it rarely ventures very high in the vegetation. As its ‘song’ is also somewhat subdued, listening for it isn’t easy either. During hot sunny days, a good way to get to see this species is to use a pair of binoculars to search to tops of the heather. Here you will be able to see the males performing from the vantage point of a heather branch. If disturbed, it’ll utilize its camouflage by simply letting go of the branch and fall to the ground and disappear in the grass.