Field cricket (family Gryllidae), Val di Funes (Villnöss), Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe.

A female field cricket (family Gryllidae), in Val di Funes (Villnöss), Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe. Females have an ovipositor at rear, extending out between two cerci (spiky protrusions from the back of the abdomen). See the valley and municipality of Funes (Villnöss) in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (South Tyrol), Italy. Enjoy great hiking here in the vast Nature Park of Parco Naturale Puez-Odle (German: Naturpark Puez-Geisler; Ladin: Parch Natural Pöz-Odles). The Dolomites are part of the Southern Limestone Alps, Europe. UNESCO honored the Dolomites as a natural World Heritage Site in 2009.

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A female field cricket (family Gryllidae), in Val di Funes (Villnöss), Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe. Females have an ovipositor at rear, extending out between two cerci (spiky protrusions from the back of the abdomen). See the valley and municipality of Funes (Villnöss) in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (South Tyrol), Italy. Enjoy great hiking here in the vast Nature Park of Parco Naturale Puez-Odle (German: Naturpark Puez-Geisler; Ladin: Parch Natural Pöz-Odles). The Dolomites are part of the Southern Limestone Alps, Europe. UNESCO honored the Dolomites as a natural World Heritage Site in 2009.