#Inktober the 8th: Coccinella septempunctata
Probably the most illustrated insect in the world...
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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.