p.1 #1 · Field Cricket Grillus bimaculatus (was campestris) Female
I had never seen one of these before and this one was in perfect condition, as though freshly-emerged.
In September I was photographing shot-horned grasshoppers on an infrequently-cut lawn (grass ca. 10cm tall) at our hotel in central Corsica. Then I saw a black shape moving through the grass close to my knee. I though it was a huge cockroach.
I had to remove it from the grass to have any chance of a picture so I picked it up, only then realising that it was a cricket, a huge one. I placed on a sand/stoney area of ground and took quite a few shots, all the time expecting it to fly away. The best it seemed to be able to do was to large itself sideways in a large crevice at the base of a stone wall, which is where I eventually left it.
p.1 #6 · Field Cricket Grillus bimaculatus (was campestris) Female
Wow, Very nice find, Harold. #1 and #4 are my favorite. Viewing your cricket, it reminds me a lot about my country where I grew up and spent my childhood with cricket. Thanks for sharing.
p.1 #7 · Field Cricket Grillus bimaculatus (was campestris) Female
canon.eos30d wrote:
Wow, Very nice find, Harold. #1 and #4 are my favorite. Viewing your cricket, it reminds me a lot about my country where I grew up and spent my childhood with cricket. Thanks for sharing.
- Tam
Thanks,Tam
Yes. Cricket is the only sport I ever really enjoyed playing, not that I was ever much good.
Harold
Dec 19, 2014 at 11:07 AM
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p.1 #8 · Field Cricket Grillus bimaculatus (was campestris) Female
I think #4 is best, especially the wing texture.
Dec 19, 2014 at 04:57 PM
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p.1 #9 · Field Cricket Grillus bimaculatus (was campestris) Female
