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		<title>The Calbali Bush-Cricket</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-calbali-bush-cricket/" title="The Calbali Bush-Cricket" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="130" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/cbc1a-300x130.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Calbali bush-cricket" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/cbc1a-300x130.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/cbc1a-800x347.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/cbc1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The Calbali bush-cricket, aka armored katydid, armored ground cricket, armored bush cricket, corn cricket, setotojane, and koringkriek, hails from portions of Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. They face the threat of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of agriculture, deforestation, and changing land use in arid savannas. [&#x2026;]</p>
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		<title>The Copper Chafer</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-copper-chafer/" title="The Copper Chafer" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="130" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cc1a-300x130.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="copper chafer" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cc1a-300x130.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cc1a-800x347.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cc1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The copper chafer, aka rose chafer, can be found from the Canary Islands, to Portugal, and Spain, west towards Vladivostok in the Russian far east, to Mongolia, and North China. These insects face the threat of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of forest management that removes leaf matter [&#x2026;]</p>
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