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Who is this cheeky bug?

NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
in Wildlife gardening
Found it in the dog’s towel when I picked it up to dry her off, gave me a bit of a start!


Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    That’s a grasshopper and a fine specimen he is. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    It looks like a Bush Cricket Nollie.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Thanks to you both, yes quite striking isn’t it? Grasshopper was my first thought, Lyn, but it didn’t look like my usual ones, with that long strong ‘tail’, looks more like the Bush Cricket in this illustration I found on the web, so I think Ladybird4 has it:


    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    That's quite a tail...
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    It's a bush cricket @Nollie we have them here too.
  • ZeroZero1ZeroZero1 Posts: 577
    I wish I had them here - what a delight
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