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WTF is this?

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MrsWembley · 30/08/2020 23:59

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...

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Gingaaarghpussy · 31/08/2020 00:19

cicada?

WorraLiberty · 31/08/2020 00:21

Oh lordy, are you in the UK?

Please say no Grin

WankyDoodleDandy · 31/08/2020 00:24

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

Gingaaarghpussy · 31/08/2020 00:24

Having meandered around Google it seems its a cricket.

IdinaSackville · 31/08/2020 00:25

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 · 31/08/2020 00:25

Field cricket

RyanBergarasTeeth · 31/08/2020 00:26

Or a wood cricket. One of the 2.

vodkaredbullgirl · 31/08/2020 00:26

I would say a cricket.

wheresmymojo · 31/08/2020 00:34

It's a cricket.

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

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MrsWembley · 31/08/2020 21:50

@WorraLiberty

Oh lordy, are you in the UK?

Please say no Grin

Hi, Worra! Definitely still in the UKGrin

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

WTF is this?
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NanTheWiser · 31/08/2020 22:26

Roesel’s bush cricket.

Hedgesfullofbirds · 31/08/2020 22:45

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

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MrsWembley · 07/09/2020 07:01

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

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UnaCorda · 07/09/2020 08:06

@MrsWembley

Shock How many different kinds of cricket are there?????
Well there's test matches, one-day internationals...
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MrsWembley · 17/09/2020 22:55

🤦🏼‍♀️

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