Identify Bush-crickets (Ensifera)
seen at The Netherfield Lagoons

Discover more about these species such as habitat, a detailed description, their national distribution and the best time of year to see them (or visit the lagoons to try and find them!). Each species has photographs to help you in identification.

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Oak Bush-cricket
Meconema thalassinum

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Speckled Bush-cricket
Leptophyles punctatissima

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Long-winged Conehead
Conocephalus discolor

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Roesel’s Bush-cricket
Metrioptera roeselii

All photography taken at the Netherfield Lagoons, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire