Speckled Bush Cricket Nymph (?)
I'm not quite sure I have the i/d correct and would welcome clarification from any of my Flickr friends more expert than I. I wonder if it could be a great green bush cricket nymph as there are some in Sussex.
Another from my foray to Malling Down to look for Adonis Blues. Having just the one (macro) lens with you means you are more concentrated on what you look for, which was a good thing here as this tiny nymph was hiding on a buttercup flower amongst the myriad others on the steep slopes. We often get them in the garden but this is the first I've seen so far this year and, rather obligingly, it let me creep up on it to take this shot. This one seems to have lost one of its antennae. As the Downs are very chalky with bare earth, I think it was a good thing that I had my old gardening trousers on or I may have been in trouble.....
There is a little more detail when viewed large.
Speckled Bush Cricket Nymph (?)
I'm not quite sure I have the i/d correct and would welcome clarification from any of my Flickr friends more expert than I. I wonder if it could be a great green bush cricket nymph as there are some in Sussex.
Another from my foray to Malling Down to look for Adonis Blues. Having just the one (macro) lens with you means you are more concentrated on what you look for, which was a good thing here as this tiny nymph was hiding on a buttercup flower amongst the myriad others on the steep slopes. We often get them in the garden but this is the first I've seen so far this year and, rather obligingly, it let me creep up on it to take this shot. This one seems to have lost one of its antennae. As the Downs are very chalky with bare earth, I think it was a good thing that I had my old gardening trousers on or I may have been in trouble.....
There is a little more detail when viewed large.