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« on: June 18, 2010, 10:54:05 AM »

I nearly drove over him the other day! Good job I saw him, mind you he would have jumped away I'm sure Smiley

Is he a grasshopper or a cricket?

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« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2010, 04:08:01 PM »

Good photo G, I used to hate these but I actually find them rather interesting now Smiley

I am not sure but I think he is a Grasshopper, I think grasshoppers and crickets are in the general class of insects with a few differences, which are

Crickets are mostly nocturnal and grasshoppers are diurnal, due to this, crickets use their song to communicate in order to find females and warn off other males.

Grasshoppers call in the day also but tend to be located high in the vegetation to see and be seen by other grasshoppers.

Grasshoppers blend into the grass, but they also often have brightly colored under wings that they flash when they make short flights from place to place and also make noise when they do this.

Crickets tend to be dark to blend into the shadows or are pale green or brown to blend into the vegetation. The wings of a cricket are either absent or atrophied and they don't fly.

Crickets have longer antennae than grasshoppers.

The ears of a cricket are located in its legs and a grasshopper's are in its abdomen.

I could be wrong here but I vote grasshopper Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2010, 10:02:13 PM »

I think you are right, he is a grasshopper.  I've got an old book of flora and fauna of Europe which is really useful over here.  I think Gary is Decticus verrucivorus.  He is not as blatant, ie green, as a true Katydid (green grasshopper).  My old book says "the nymphs are often gregarious ".  Cheeky campo girls eh? ha ha
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