Cricket

[Tiny Termite]

Never had a Cricket in my garden before, so when I heard him I went looking for him and I found him...

I took several shots and this is my favourite.

 

[tbendl]

Wow how cool!

 

[Big Lou]

Great head on view of that destructive rascal.

 

[Mmathis]

Cool shot! Cricket or Grasshopper?

 

[Meyer Jordan]

This is what I was taught was a Cricket, but I guess different names in other parts of the world.

 

[Mmathis]

@Meyer Jordan There's no pic -- just the word IMG (is that a word??).

I shouldn't have questioned whether it was a cricket or a grasshopper -- it's a good photo

 

[Meyer Jordan]

@Meyer Jordan There's no pic -- just the word IMG (is that a word??).

I shouldn't have questioned whether it was a cricket or a grasshopper -- it's a good photo

Curious. I can see it on my computer.

 

[MitchM]

Same here, picture shows up as IMG , but when I quote Meyer's post, the image shows up there.
Tiny Termite's picture looks like a grasshopper to me.

 

[Tiny Termite]

Grasshoppers have ears on their abdomens and Crickets have ears on their front legs, so this is in fact a Grasshopper. I thought it was a Cricket because of it's long antennas.

So Mmathis was right to question this, as I have furthered my education somewhat today.

Cheers

 

[Mmathis]

Grasshoppers have ears on their abdomens and Crickets have ears on their front legs, so this is in fact a Grasshopper. I thought it was a Cricket because of it's long antennas.

So Mmathis was right to question this, as I have furthered my education somewhat today.

Cheers

Thanks Tiny, but no, you have furthered MY educatation!! I wasn't looking at it's legs or abs, just that its head looked like a hopper. Personally, I'm not a fan of bugs (well, insects, actually). For some reason, they just creep me out -- maybe I watched too many SciFi movies when I was a kid........ Oh, but I like Preying Mantis' and butterflies

But even though I have an aversion to "bugs," I can appreciate the photography, so please continue to enlighten us!

 

[Tiny Termite]

Thanks Mmathis.

I took this photo a couple of years ago and you can clearly see the Ear just below the joint on the front leg, it's oval shaped.

This is a Speckled Bush Cricket.

 

[addy1]

Great shots tiny termite!