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Stour Valley Summer

Stour Valley Summer
Leptophyes punctatissima The speckled bush-cricket is a species of bush-cricket common in well vegetated areas The eggs are laid in late summer into tree bark or plant stems where they remain over winter. The nymphs emerge in May and June and mature as adult speckled bush crickets by mid August. The hollow Hog Weed Stems on the river bank seem to provide an ideal breeding habitat. - Graham Rains (photographer)

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Stour Valley Summer

Photographer: © Graham Rains (Gallery)(15th August 2010)
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Stour Valley Summer

Leptophyes punctatissima The speckled bush-cricket is a species of bush-cricket common in well vegetated areas The eggs are laid in late summer into tree bark or plant stems where they remain over winter. The nymphs emerge in May and June and mature as adult speckled bush crickets by mid August. The hollow Hog Weed Stems on the river bank seem to provide an ideal breeding habitat.

A picture of: Shillingstone, Dorset

This picture also appears in the following picture tours:
Shillingstone, Dorset, English Countryside, Flora, Wildlife in England

Camera Make: Canon Model: Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL
Focal length: 70 mm, Aperture: f 8, ISO: 100, Exposure time: 1/200 sec, Metering Mode: Multi-Segment, Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Date/Time Creation: August 14, 2010, 6:30 am

ImageID:1123379, Image size: 3072 x 2048 pixels

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