“Cricket in decaying tree”

In the lingering summer heat, I visited the forest on the beginning. The forest was first one visited for this observation five years ago. I walked up the hill in the forest and put my hands together in front of a small shrine. When I turned around, a cricket popped up in the grass. It was a cricket living in a decaying tree. I hadn’t met him yet, so I wonder if he had gone out of his way to come out and see me. [September 2024]

Duolandrevus ivani

クチキコオロギは、枯れ木の樹皮の裏などに生息しており、体長はエンマコオロギと同じか、少し大きいくらいのサイズですが、翅が短いのですぐに分かります。一年を通して、活動しています。