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Cricket?
Muhammad Mahdi
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Posted on 07-03-2009 06:56
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Insect below was about 6mm long. Pictured in Tanzania
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Very cute! (No idea what it is!)
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Yes, it's a cricket!
Family Gryllidae, subfamily Trigonidiinae (Pygmy bush crickets), genus probably Trigonidium (which is also a genus of Orchids, so if you google pictures on this name you'll see a lot of flowers passing by! :-)).
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Yeah, it is cute. Not many would dare to mention that though Smile
Thanks Gerard. Indeed, I did get many flower pcs with google images Wink.


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