Showing posts with label Tettigonia viridissima. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tettigonia viridissima. Show all posts
Friday, June 24, 2011
Anyone for crickets?
Another lazy start saw us in the field at midday for a look at the valley mire at Sinarpsdalen. Strong westerlies and a cool temperature put down all Odonata activity. Twenty minutes tramping about failed to turn up a single damselfly or dragonfly. But I did find my first BK raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus), a shy female close to a web-nest crammed full of young. There were also plenty of Great green bush-cricket nymphs (Tettigonia viridissima) in the wetland today.
A quick look at Klarningen after lunch revealed the site to be empty of waders and ducks but a quail was singing away and as we drove off a 2K hobby dashed about after swallows.
Labels:
Klarningen,
orthoptera,
Sinarpsdalen,
Tettigonia viridissima
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