Glaswegian cricket

[Jill Marie Welsh]

…looks more like a grasshopper to me!
Our crickets are usually black or very dark brown.
Love….Jill

[Nick Monir]

Yip, looks like a grass hopper to me too James. We get them hopping in from the fields down here.

Nick.

[Graeme Harrold]

I concur its a grasshopper………………not very Glaswegian though…..where’s its knife and brown bagged thunderbird :lol1:

[Phill Fenton]

😮 Ahhh… Glasshopper 😮

[Lynn Normington]

have to dissagree it’s a cricket looking at it’s long legs

Lynn

[Steve Morgan]

Now this is going to appear rather sad I know but I’ve got books about insects.
This appears to me to be a Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus) and it could well be a female. Grasshoppers generally have short antennae as opposed to Crickets which have long slender antennae, longer than the body. Grasshoppers and crickets belong to the order ‘Orthoptera’ of which 30 occur in Britain.
Sorry about that – thought you might like to know, I’m on my own here 😳

Steve

[Martin Pearson]

I’m on my own to Steve so that’s no excuse :lol1:

[Steve Morgan]

At least you’ve got the dog Martin

[Martin Pearson]

No not yet I haven’t Steve, don’t get her for another few weeks yet 😉

[Peter Mindham]

quote Steve Morgan:

Now this is going to appear rather sad I know but I’ve got books about insects.
This appears to me to be a Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus) and it could well be a female. Grasshoppers generally have short antennae as opposed to Crickets which have long slender antennae, longer than the body. Grasshoppers and crickets belong to the order ‘Orthoptera’ of which 30 occur in Britain.
Sorry about that – thought you might like to know, I’m on my own here 😳

Steve

So if James squashed that one, does that mean there are only 29 left now?

Peter

[James Martin]

bad news.

It died from shock at finding out it was a meager grasshopper rather than an ‘exotic’ cricket.

[Lorraine Clinch]

quote Steve Morgan:

Now this is going to appear rather sad I know but I’ve got books about insects.
This appears to me to be a Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus) and it could well be a female. Grasshoppers generally have short antennae as opposed to Crickets which have long slender antennae, longer than the body. Grasshoppers and crickets belong to the order ‘Orthoptera’ of which 30 occur in Britain.
Sorry about that – thought you might like to know, I’m on my own here 😳

Steve

:lol1: :lol1: Would this be a cricket then Steve? Found this little fella outside our door!

Lorraine

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[James Martin]

She’s a wee cracker.

Loverly eyelashes!

It says on wiki that they are considered good luck and well taken care of in some countries.

[Steve Morgan]

OMG what have I started here? Yes it certainly looks like one, if it has what looks a bit like a hook at it’s tail then that would be its ovipositer which is what the female uses to lay here eggs.
Can’t quite see the eyelashes 😀

[Lorraine Clinch]

quote James Martin:

She’s a wee cracker.

Loverly eyelashes!

It says on wiki that they are considered good luck and well taken care of in some countries.

Oops, maybe I’d best find it (her?) and give it a home 😮 Could do with some good luck.

Can’t see a hook on the photo Steve.

Lorraine