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I was walking along our garden path, headed for some fruits I wanted to photograph. I happened to glance down at the foliage of some paeonies .I saw a distinct brown strip on a leaf, with the impression of long, thin legs on either side of it. I though it was a cranefly but not one I had seen before.

Only when I got closer did I see that it was a bush cricket. Only recently, I reported that I had seen none at all this year, normally having no difficulty in find various stages of them. I could see from the brown "saddle" that it was a mature male. Above all, the long, brown wings made it a Conehead. There were only two possibilities, the second being a long-winged form of the Short-winged Conehead, in which the tips of the male's cerci are upturned, not the case here. So it is Conocephalus dorsalis, which I have never seen before anywhere.

He was rather wary of my presence, moving or jumping around readily, at the very least hiding around the far side of stems. He spent a lot of time in the ugly, degrading plastic covering of a plant support. Of all places, my hand was the final substrate from which he jumped then flew into the foliage.

His body seems to be more wrinkled than with other species

Olympus EM-1, (aperture priority), Olympus 4/3 50mm f2 macro, f8, 9 or 11, hand-held.

Harold



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Aug 16, 2018 at 12:43 AM
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Crosseye stereos.

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Aug 16, 2018 at 12:45 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Male Long-winged Conehead Bush Cricket


These are gorgeous Harold! Rich color and Sheen.
Really enjoyed #3



Aug 16, 2018 at 10:26 AM
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hayath wrote:
These are gorgeous Harold! Rich color and Sheen.
Really enjoyed #3


Thanks, Hayath.

I had to omit some because they had a bit too much sheen, a hazard of overcast sky lighting.

Harold



Aug 16, 2018 at 11:04 AM
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These are really lovely Harold.

Birdie



Aug 16, 2018 at 01:08 PM
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Very well done Harold ~ Ron


Aug 16, 2018 at 07:20 PM
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birdied wrote:
These are really lovely Harold.

Birdie


surfnron wrote:
Very well done Harold ~ Ron


Thanks, Birdie & Ron.

I now realise what I had seen earlier in the week was this species. Having seen no crickets or grasshoppers, annual regulars, in our garden, I saw one take off from our lawn and fly unusually far, landing amongst our rockery plants.

Harold



Aug 17, 2018 at 12:30 AM
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Lovely series Harold.

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Aug 17, 2018 at 12:38 AM
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LordV wrote:
Lovely series Harold.

Brian V.


Thanks, Brian.

Harold



Aug 18, 2018 at 03:18 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Male Long-winged Conehead Bush Cricket


A few days ago, my wife reported seeing one in a more distant part of the garden.This suggested that the one documented in this topic might not have been a lone "tourist".

Yesterday, I found a colony of the species on our rhubarb leaves. At one time I saw three males and later I saw two males and a female together on one leaf. So, there must be at least three males and a female. I viewed and photographed them in sunshine. At short time later, a cloud obstructed the sun and they were no longer to be seen.

I hope to get some improved images of a female before posting them

Harold



Aug 31, 2018 at 07:10 AM





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