I'm fairly sure that's a locust of some kind. They're sold as pet food so may have escaped or been released. Some lucky bird will get a good meal out of them I imagine though.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
First Orange-tip I've managed to take a photo of this year. Have seen one or two flitting about for the last week or so but those didn't stay in one place long enough.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Lots of butterflies and bees whizzing around but the only thing that has stayed still long enough to photograph is this juvenile - maybe bush cricket? I am hoping it’s feasting on the aphids on the roses:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Hawthorn Shield Bug, Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale. Once a Southern species, not recorded in Manchester until 1892, but now found as far North as the Scottish Highlands.
A bee visiting my bug hotel. Several holes have been occupied by mason bees and sealed with mud - one is visible here. However, I think this might be a leaf cutter bee - they are hard to distinguish.
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Lots of butterflies and bees whizzing around but the only thing that has stayed still long enough to photograph is this juvenile - maybe bush cricket? I am hoping it’s feasting on the aphids on the roses:
Hawthorn Shield Bug, Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale. Once a Southern species, not recorded in Manchester until 1892, but now found as far North as the Scottish Highlands.
A bee visiting my bug hotel. Several holes have been occupied by mason bees and sealed with mud - one is visible here. However, I think this might be a leaf cutter bee - they are hard to distinguish.