Identification of Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, etc.)

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15.09.2015 20:02, DanMar

What you called escalerai is really similar (by the way, were there any instructions from the territory of Ukraine, not counting the Crimea?). With affinis , I'm not sure. Look at the proportions of the ovipositor, do they differ from your escalerai? By the way, according to my memories of training camps in Armenia, escalerai was noticeably larger than affinis.

So escalerai from the Crimea is. In that location, two species and escalerai was a particularly large jump, with an unusual call signal, after a soft trill, it gives a specific short "crack".
So I determined correctly, and in affinis the ovipositor is slightly bent and more straight than in other jumps, affinis is smaller. In addition, the song was different.
Thanks!

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18.10.2015 7:46, Vysko4ka

More than that: definitely a female. Those are exactly just that Gryllus. So it was with the flash that such a terribly dark picture turned out? As for the massiveness - have you ever seen a female of our field wolf? I doubt there are much larger crickets in Cyprus. About the fear of approaching a straight-winged (any) - this is on a forum of a different topic.

Do you mean that erect wings are completely harmless to humans? Apart from the grasshoppers that jump in the grass in the summer, I haven't even seen baked crickets. That night, I was even afraid to sleep in the house, so that the monster would not get into the house. And all night I dreamed of a rustling sound. In general, I freaked out because of this female notable.
Why are the wings so much longer than the body? You can see that this is a female by the long ovipositor?
Taken on a mobile phone from a distance of at least a meter without approaching. In the dark with a flash.

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18.10.2015 18:39, Vysko4ka

Why the statement "massive, contagious, for a cricket", if you have no idea what they usually are?

PS As far as I know, in Cyprus, in addition to crickets, there are many more "dumb" arthropods such as centipedes, scorpions and bird-eating spiders. I can imagine from what distance you will take a picture of such an animal, if next time it comes to you.

The statement "massive, contagious", from the impression that the cricket made, and of course from complete lack of education in terms of insect knowledge. Scared me out of my wits.
Thank you very much for dispelling the fear. Next time I will know that there are such crickets and that they are harmless, because I do not intend to eat them) Even accidentally(too massive to accidentally devour)))). And if the scolopendra comes to me... Or, for example, a scorpion ... hmm... I am afraid that the level of fear will be so high that it is difficult to assess my actions in such a situation. The pulse will rise, that's for sure)))
Thank you again for your enlightenment. I needed it. Strongly)