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#Insektober the 6th: Gryllus campestris.
Feldgrille or field cricket. These very large crickets are threatened by heathland habitat loss, especially in the UK. In 2022, a conservation effort called Back from the Brink reintroduced 70 adult crickets to Cornwall, where they had not been seen in over a century. Follow up surveys the following year estimated the population to be over 1000.
Feldgrille were Germany's Insekt des Jahres in 2002 and Switzerland's Tier des Jahres in 2014.
#Insectober day 5: Gonepteryx rhamni
The brimstone butterfly or Zitronenfalter - lemon butterfly. These butterflies rely on two species of buckthorns as hosts for its larvae. The name "butterfly" may have come from this species, as a "butter-colored fly."
It was awarded the Insekt des Jahres in 2002.
#Inktober 3rd: Libellula depressa
The broad-bodied chaser or Plattbauch is one of the most common dragonflies in Europe. In Germany it was named Insekt des Jahres in 2001.