Bog bush-cricket (Metrioptera brachyptera)

Foulshaw Moss, Cumbria, September 20, 2011 (female)

Foulshaw Moss, Cumbria, August 9, 2012 (female)

Roudsea NNR, Cumbria, July 7, 2012 (late stage nymphs)

Quite frequent on some of the raised bogs of south Cumbria. Very difficult to locate when hidden
amongst the heather and, due to its cryptic colouration, also when out in the open (as below).

Meathop Moss, Cumbria, July 5, 2012 (female nymph)

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