Green Lady. Southern Oak Bush-cricket, Meconema meridionale, Oudeschans, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
On my window sill this morning I found this quite wonderful, delicate Southern Oak Bush-cricket; her green adorned with that pretty red. She reminded me of 'la Fée Verte', the Green Fairy, a name by which the liquor absinthe once went - light in the uptake, quite harsh though in the aftermath. Absinthe, of course, has often been associated with Bohemian culture of the likes of Oscar Wilde, Hemingway and many others. For a long time the drink was banned. Earlier, absinthe down through the ages was used as a drug of purification. The fresh green of our cricket brings purity to my mind.
This Bush-cricket is relatively new to The Netherlands. It hails from the Adriatic and Mediterranean but has been found here since 1992 perhaps due to global warming and mass international travel. However that may be, she delighted Olymp and me.
Green Lady. Southern Oak Bush-cricket, Meconema meridionale, Oudeschans, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
On my window sill this morning I found this quite wonderful, delicate Southern Oak Bush-cricket; her green adorned with that pretty red. She reminded me of 'la Fée Verte', the Green Fairy, a name by which the liquor absinthe once went - light in the uptake, quite harsh though in the aftermath. Absinthe, of course, has often been associated with Bohemian culture of the likes of Oscar Wilde, Hemingway and many others. For a long time the drink was banned. Earlier, absinthe down through the ages was used as a drug of purification. The fresh green of our cricket brings purity to my mind.
This Bush-cricket is relatively new to The Netherlands. It hails from the Adriatic and Mediterranean but has been found here since 1992 perhaps due to global warming and mass international travel. However that may be, she delighted Olymp and me.