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Gryllacrididae (raspy cricket)

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Taken at night in Singapore.

Quote from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryllacr…
Gryllacrididae are a family of non-jumping insects in the suborder Ensifera occurring worldwide, known commonly as "leaf-rolling crickets" or "raspy crickets" and sometimes called "Wolf crickets". The family historically has been broadly defined to include what are presently several other families, such as Stenopelmatidae ("Jerusalem crickets") and Rhaphidophoridae ("camel crickets"),[1] now considered separate. As presently defined, the family contains two subfamilies, with the vast majority (over 90 genera containing over 600 species) in the subfamily Gryllacridinae.[2][verification needed] The remaining subfamily, Lezininae, contains only a single genus with 12 described species.[3][verification needed][4] They are commonly wingless and nocturnal. In the daytime, most species rest in shelters made from folded leaves sewn with silk. Some species use silk to burrow in sand, earth or wood.[5] Raspy crickets evolved the ability to produce silk independently from other insects, but their silk has many convergent features to silkworm silk, being made of long, repetitive proteins with an extended beta-sheet structure.[6]

These are predators of other insects and spiders.
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Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Shutter Speed
1/160 second
Aperture
F/16.0
Focal Length
100 mm
ISO Speed
320
Date Taken
Apr 12, 2014, 12:46:35 AM
Sensor Size
6mm
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Incredibly cute Love  Clap Clap 
You really do fantastic Macro captures  Nod