Mottled grasshopper (Myrmeleotettix maculatus) female laying eggs in a bare patch of sand in coastal heathland, Dorset, UK, July.

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Location: Dorset, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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