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Around 1 inch in length
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$\begingroup$ is this all the information you have? one inch long and lives in singapore :) $\endgroup$– trond hansenCommented Sep 2, 2021 at 12:53
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$\begingroup$ I have the pictures. What more should I include? $\endgroup$– user35897Commented Sep 2, 2021 at 12:57
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$\begingroup$ please take a look here biology.stackexchange.com/tour $\endgroup$– trond hansenCommented Sep 2, 2021 at 12:59
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$\begingroup$ does the bug live in water or on land,what type of habitat,indoors or outdoors,did you see it at night or during the day.simply any details you can provide will help us help you. $\endgroup$– trond hansenCommented Sep 2, 2021 at 13:04
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$\begingroup$ Looks like an Orthoptera species. $\endgroup$– RolandCommented Sep 2, 2021 at 13:50
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This is an orthopteran insect. Well known members of this insect order are grasshoppers, locusts and crickets. You can recognize them by their
- greatly developed femurs specifically adapted for jumping,
- hardened forewings (called tegmina), which protect the membranous hindwings folded beneath them,
- long, filamentous antennae,
- two cerci (appendages at the tip of the abdomen),
- chewing mouthparts (with which they chew on plant material such as leaves and stems) and
- prominent compound eyes.
Orthopterans undergo incomplete metamorphosis, progressing through egg, nymph and adult stages. Nymphs closely resemble adults, but lack fully developped wings and reproductive structures. As this specimen has fully developped wings, we can conclude it must be an adult.
Moreover, I assume this specimen belongs to the suborder Caelifera as antenna are shorter than the body (as opposed to their sister taxon Ensifera which have more-than-body-long antenna).
