Cut to white #naturalhistory #illustration of the Great green #bushcricket #Tettigoniaviridissima. It is facing right and has long thin antennae sweeping behind it. The whole insect is a soft pale green with tiny scarlet lines on the wings and top of thorax and head. The ovipositor is large and flushed crimson. Front legs point forward and hind legs are bent, ready to spring into the air. The wings are held at an angle that allows you to see the abdominal segments below. This insect was illustrated for a wildlife reserve in coastal Devon, UK, where the bush crickets hang out in unimproved grassland overlooking the sea
This is the Great green bush #cricket #Tettigonia viridissima, #sciart illustration, in watercolour.
I've seen these insects in the wild, but although large they're amazingly well camouflaged. I loved painting the the network of wing veins, and the sweep of the antennae. #insect #entomology
