Dark bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) in October 2024 in Kiel, Germany. Can you spot the two crickets in the first scene? One is almost covered by a leaf, the second one, a female, is moving in the left part of the movie. Next scenes shows male dark bush-crickets stridulating. Female individuals can be identified by their ovipositor, they have almost no wings. Male Individuals have no ovipositor and some small wings which they use for stridulation. If you want to watch these kind of crickets, locate them first by listening only, and then apporach the location as silent as possible. When they notice you, they will stop stridulating. Once you are close enough, watch persistently. Yo...