Lucas Bustamante / Lichen Katydid (Markia hystrix) camouflage in lichens. Sumaco National Park, Napo, Ecuador

Jiri Lochman / Long-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis longicaudata) feeding on a tree cricket, Kennedy Range NP, Western Australia.

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Clonia wahlbergi) in defensive posture, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Emanuele Biggi / Predatory bush cricket (Saga pedo) waiting for prey on Eryngium, Italy. June. Vulnerable species.

Paul Bertner / Dead Leaf Katydid (Orophus tessellatus) camouflaged in leaf litter, Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Black garden ants {Lasius niger} feeding on cricket Germany, Europe

Andres M. Dominguez / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) and Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, April.

MYN / Paul van Hoof / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) female, The Netherlands, July. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Chien Lee / Katydid (Despoena spinosa) male, Malaysia

Alex Hyde / Cave Cricket female (Troglophilus cavicola) on the side of stalactite in limestone cave. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. January.

Pete Oxford / Leaf Katydid (Cycloptera speculata) camouflaged on leaf, Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, South America.

Juergen Freund / Spectral Tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) jumping on a grasshopper, Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Stephen Dalton / Speckled bush cricket (Leptophytes punctatissima) leaping, Sussex, England. Controlled conditions.

Klaus Echle / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) carrying large insect (possibly Mole Cricket) in flight in vineyard. Black Forest, Germany, June.

Laurent Geslin / House cricket (Acheta domesticus) in a metro station in Paris, France

Alex Hyde / Head and forelegs of tropical Katydid {Tettigoniidae} photographed on white background. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Green bush cricket {Tettigoniidae} in rainforest at night. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Vincent Grafhorst / Koringkriek Armored Bush Cricket (Acanthoplus armativentris), Gaborone Game Reserve, southeast Botswana

Stephen Dalton / Casqued / Veiled / Yemeni chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) catching cricket with extended tongue, controlled conditions

Stephen Dalton / Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) leaping to catch cricket, Central America, controlled conditions

Philip Dalton / Eruopean praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) and brown cricket on flowers, Europe

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Male Great green bush cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008

Stephen Dalton / Veiled / Yemeni casqued chameleon {Chamaeleo calyptratus} catching cricket with tongue, controlled conditions, from Arabia

Stephen Dalton / Veiled / Yemeni casqued chameleon {Chamaeleo calyptratus} catching cricket with tongue, controlled conditions, from Arabia

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Crab spider (probably Thomisus onustus) preying on a Bush cricket (Tettigoniidae) on Musk thistle flower (Carduus nutans / macrocephalus) near Skrka lake, Hutovo Blato Nature Park, Bosnia and Herzegov...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Female Wart biter bush cricket (Decticus verrucivorus) on plants, Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Female Wart biter bush cricket (Decticus verrucivorus) on plant, Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Female Grey bush cricket (Platycleis albopunctata grisea) Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Great green bush cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) female, Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008 WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Cricket nymph on Carthusian pink (Dianthus carthusianorum) East Slovakia, Europe, June 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Great green bush cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) on purple flower, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, April 2008. WWE INDOOR EXHIBITION

Wild Wonders of Europe / Nill / Bush cricket {Deracantha sp} on Mallow flower (Malva sylvestris) Bulgaria, May 2008

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Hetrodes pupus) on succulent, Cederberg, Western Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Moncheca sp) portrait, Brownsberg Reserve, Surinam

Fabio Liverani / Tree frog {Hyla sp} feeding on grasshopper, Tambopata National Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

Solvin Zankl / Speckled bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) on Clover flower, Germany

MORLEY READ / Spiny katydid / Bush cricket {Tettigonoidae} portrait, Ecuador

MORLEY READ / Spiny katydid / Bush cricket {Tettigonoidae} portrait, Ecuador

Piotr Naskrecki / African Jerusalem Cricket (Sia sp) portrait, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Balloon-winged Katydid (Tympanophora uvarovi) male nymph, perched on end of stem, Australia

Pete Oxford / Bush cricket (Copiphora). Yasuni NP, Ecuador, South America

Kim Taylor / Parsons chameleon {Chamaeleo parsonii} male catching cricket. Captive, Madagascar.

Kim Taylor / Long-winged Conehead (Conocephalus discolor) female sucking its hind foot, UK.

Kim Taylor / Short-winged Conehead (Conocephalus dorsalis) female leaping, UK, captive. Fleabane

Pete Oxford / Bush cricket (Copiphora). Yasuni NP, Ecuador, South America

Richard Du Toit / King cricket leaving tracks on sand {Mimnermidae} Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia

Gerry Ellis / Green Leaf-mimic Katydid (Steirodon robertsorum) on leaf, Costa Rican highlands

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Katydid (Panacanthus cuspidatus) threat display, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Gerry Ellis / Green Leaf-mimic Katydid (Steirodon robertsorum) on stem, camouflaged amongst leaves, Costa Rica

Morley Read / Leaf mimic katydid (Tettigoniidae) in a rainforest shrub, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Mole cricket (Gryllotalpa) grooming and digging in moss, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Mole cricket (Gryllotalpa) grooming and digging in moss, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Leaf mimic katydid (Tettigoniidae) on a rainforest shrub, showing leaf camouflage, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Katydid (Tettigoniidae) moulting, hanging from its old skin and waiting for the new one to dry, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Peripatus (Velvet Worm) feeding on a cricket, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Peripatus (Velvet Worm) feeding on a cricket, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Peripatus (Velvet Worm) feeding on a cricket, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Peripatus (Velvet Worm) feeding on a cricket, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Peripatus (Velvet Worm) feeding on a cricket, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Peripatus (Velvet Worm) feeding on a cricket, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Hermann Brehm / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) perched on branch with cricket prey, Hungary. June

Bernard Castelein / Great green bushcricket (Tettigonia viridissima) covered in dew droplets, on plant amongst seedheads. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Bernard Castelein / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) covered in dew droplets, on flowerhead. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July.

Bernard Castelein / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) covered in dew droplets, on flowerhead. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Edible cricket (Acheta domestica), many on stall at food market. Bangkok, Thailand.

Morley Read / Katydid (Tettigoniidae) scavenging a dead bee from a spiders web in the rainforest at night , Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Loic Poidevin / Rough-backed bush cricket (Uromenus rugosicollis) on Silver Ragwort (Jacobaea maritima), Vendée, France. July.

Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) chick aged ten weeks practicing hunting through pouncing on Cricket. Marana, Arizona, USA. July.

Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) fledgling aged a few weeks eating Cricket. Marana, Arizona, USA. May.

Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) male feeding Cricket to chick aged a few weeks, In evening light, Marana, Arizona, USA. May.

Fabio Pupin / European mole cricket, (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa), emerging from its burrow Italy, captive.

John Chan / American kestrel (Falco sparverius) feeding on a cricket, Southern California, USA.

Jiri Lochman / Long-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis longicaudata) carrying a caught tree cricket, Kennedy Range NP, Western Australia.

Duncan Murrell / Ecdysis of a cricket in Gunung Mulu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sarawak, Borneo.

Duncan Murrell / Ecdysis of a cricket in Gunung Mulu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sarawak, Borneo.

Duncan Murrell / Long jawed orbweaver (Tettigoniidae) on a pitcher plant (Nepenthes vieillaedii), the Forgotten Coast, SE New Caledonia.

Guy Edwardes / Flap-necked Chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis) catching cricket, captive.

Thomas Marent / Katydid (Tettigoniidae), Putumayo, Colombia

Nick Upton / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) on roadside verge, Corfe Castle, Dorset, UK, July.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Grasshopper, which has eaten a big hole in a leaf, East Lake Greenway park, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Robin Chittenden / Southern oak bush-cricket (Meconema meridionale) Norfolk, England, UK. August.

Philippe Clement / Male Great green bush cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) stridulating amongst Common broom (Cytisus scoparius) stalks, Belgium, August.

Philippe Clement / Male Great green bush cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) on Common broom (Cytisus scoparius) stalks, Belgium, August.

Alex Hyde / Spiny lobster katydid (Panoploscelis sp.) on tree trunk. Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru. November.

Alex Hyde / Leaf-mimicking Katydid (Tettigoniidae) photographed on a white background in mobile field studio. Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru. November.

Alex Hyde / Lichen-mimicking Katydid (Tettigoniidae), photographed on a white background in mobile field stuio. Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru. November.

Alex Hyde / Moss-mimicking Katydid / Bush Cricket (Tettigoniidae) camouflaged amongst cloud forest understory vegetation. 1600 metres altitude, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru. November.

Alex Hyde / Katydid / Bush Cricket (Tettigoniidae) camouflaged amongst cloud forest understory vegetation. 1600 metres altitude, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru. November.

Alex Hyde / Katydid / Bush Cricket (Tettigoniidae) camouflaged amongst cloud forest understory vegetation. 1600 metres altitude, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru. November.

Alex Hyde / Spiny Lobster Katydid (Panoploscelis sp.) photographed on a white background in mobile field stuio. Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru. November.

Alex Hyde / Katydid (Tettigoniidae), Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru. November.

Alex Hyde / Katydid (Tettigoniidae), Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru. November.

Alex Hyde / Spiny Lobster Katydid (Panoploscelis sp.) female with ovipositor visible, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru. November.