I'm with Guy on this one, my best insect of 2007 was without a doubt the Large Marsh Grasshopper, it was such a buzz to finally get to see and photograph one.
I found this one by the stream at Crockford Bridge in the New Forest, to get a good contrasting image of him we placed him on top of Nikon Nige's Bigma, not the most natural perch but photographing him moving through the Heather etc.. was proving impossible.
Coming a close second was the Goat Moth that we caught during our mothing session on Thursley Common as part of our WAB weekend. A fantastic looking, very large Moth that is quite rare, its certainly a species that we would never catch up here in the Midlands.
Steve.
