A cricket, Barbistes serricauda, sitting on a white house wall.

Meet Barbistes serricauda (DE: Laubholz-Säbelschrecke).
This #cricket typically stays high in the canopy so a male sitting over our front door was a cool sighting, imho. 🦗

2025-06-29, #Siebengebirge (GER)

#Nature #Insects #Naturephotography #grasshopper #Ensifera #garden
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Chicharra alicorta en hoja de girasol. Sevilla
#Orthoptera
#Ensifera
#Tettigonidae
#Ephippiger ephippiger

Baby #Katydid are little cuties. But you know whats not cute? Finding out Katydid are #crickets after a lifetime of calling them #grasshoppers. #Ensifera not #Caelifera. Its mostly about the antennae. But yea they jumpy things so good practise in being chill. Slow is fast, fast is slow :)

Studies of Peruvian Sparkling Violet ear hummingbirds, sketched from my Oklahoma desk. They raise their“ears” in aggression displays. Webcams are a wonderful tool. #hummingbirds #birdart #ensifera