Towards the end of the rainy season these large terrestrial Armoured ground Crickets seem to appear from nowhere. They are voracious eaters

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Towards the end of the rainy season these large terrestrial Armoured ground Crickets seem to appear from nowhere. They are voracious eaters of vegetation and even each other

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Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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