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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 322 No. 322 |

Wood Cricket
Wood Cricket (Nemobius sylvestris) – species of order “Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids“

Nemobius sylvestris, the wood cricket, is a flightless species of cricket in the family Gryllidae. It is native to Western Europe and North Africa but uncommon in Britain.

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This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „Franz and his journey into the world of humans“ Franz, the friendly seed beetle, wakes up as a human one morning and uses his new abilities to improve the world of arthropods.

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Franz and his journey into the world of humans

„Wood Cricket“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily