The rules of cricket......

[British Red]

Or grasshoppers :)

I took this one last year - the great grey bush cricket - note the long hair like attenae that distinguish bush crickets fom grasshoppers

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/2706778927_027d20c444_o.jpg

A couple from this weekend - both common

The common green - note the straw coloured stripe down the back

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3067/2706776455_ca68694ce3_o.jpg

The field grasshopper - almost all straw coloured - got this one last year when it jumped on our map!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3003/2707592362_68a85aa84e_o.jpg

The meadow grasshopper - see how short the wings are - it is in fact flightless

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1244/999893132_db83692921_b.jpg

None of these are rare - but its always interesting to me to tell them apart.

The one thing I am confident of is someone will correct at least one of my IDs :D

Red

[Staghound]

More great shots there, particularly like the cricket at the top.

Any idea what this one is?

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll285/Soppywolf/ghop4crop.jpg

Similar to meadow grasshopper but with full sized wings.

Steve

[British Red]

Hmm Large marsh?

[James_m246]

Wow, I've never actually seen a cricket or a grasshopper close up, they look really cool! :D

[Dr Onion]

Very good BR!! It's a bugs life!

Dr O