Not sure whether it's actually a cricket.. but anyhow, was polite enough to pose on a white background (car cover) outside for me to take these. Was very co-operative, until I think I accidentally bumped him with the lens and he flew off
Shame I had to post-shot crop off his antenna to show his/her body a bit better, as it's several times bigger than he/she is
Good captures- think it's a cricket - general rule is that if the antennae are longer than the body then it's a cricket and V.V. for a grasshopper.
Brian v.
Looks like a cricket relative, a bushcricket (tettigoniid) also called a long-horned grasshopper or a katydid. They sing in the fields or trees, but often with a raspier sound than crickets. The second of the very nice photos shows the ears really well - the swellings just below the 'knee' on the front legs.
LordV wrote:
Good captures- think it's a cricket - general rule is that if the antennae are longer than the body then it's a cricket and V.V. for a grasshopper.
That works for the crickets we tend to find, Bush Crickets, also for True Crickets and Cave Crickets. Mole Crickets, Ground Hoppers and Grasshopers have the short type.
