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Insect or Invertebrates Identification
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
This thing has super long hind femora, which are inflated in the basal half and strongly narrowed in the apical half.
Eyprepocnemidinae grasshopper most likely, but there is zero info available for proper identification.
Eyprepocnemidinae grasshopper most likely, but there is zero info available for proper identification.
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Klipspringer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 9:33 am This thing has super long hind femora, which are inflated in the basal half and strongly narrowed in the apical half.
Eyprepocnemidinae grasshopper most likely, but there is zero info available for proper identification.
I got nowhere with that ID, so thanks for the info, even tho' there is essentially nothing available. 
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Large robber fly, Marloth winter:
2cm
2cm
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Strange one 
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Large bug, 3cm:
Marloth winter
Marloth winter
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Bug nymph of sorts, could be Alydidae. The two black patches on its back are the stink glands 