WTF is this?

[MrsWembley]

It looks like a cross between a cricket and a spider!!! I'm guessing it's more scared of us than we are of it, but really...

[Gingaaarghpussy]

cicada?

[WorraLiberty]

Oh lordy, are you in the UK?

Please say no

[WankyDoodleDandy]

Definitely not a cicada.
Looks like a Very Big Cricket!

[Gingaaarghpussy]

Having meandered around Google it seems its a cricket.

[IdinaSackville]

Looks like a park town prawn which are found in certain areas of South Africa. Could be a type of locust. Depends where you are

[RyanBergarasTeeth]

Field cricket

[RyanBergarasTeeth]

Or a wood cricket. One of the 2.

[vodkaredbullgirl]

I would say a cricket.

[wheresmymojo]

It's a cricket.

I'd say the previous 'crickets' you've seen were probably grasshoppers...

[MrsWembley]

@WorraLiberty

Oh lordy, are you in the UK?

Please say no

Hi, Worra! Definitely still in the UK

Thanks, all, I thought it might be, it was just the colour - especially as the last cricket I saw looked like this...

[NanTheWiser]

Roesel’s bush cricket.

[Hedgesfullofbirds]

The one in your first picture looks like a common field cricket - probably female judging by the downturned ovipositor.

The green one in your second picture is almost certainly a Great Green Bush Cricket

[MrsWembley]

How many different kinds of cricket are there?????

[UnaCorda]

@MrsWembley

How many different kinds of cricket are there?????

Well there's test matches, one-day internationals...

[MrsWembley]

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