Grasshopper or Cricket

[PMJ]

This Grasshopper or Cricket obligingly posed for a photograph, so I was hoping someone might know what it is called. Don't say Colin.

[Jason Green]

Morning P,

It may be a Dark Bush-cricket.

Take care,

Jason

[Naturenutz]

Hi,its a cricket and i think its the dark bush cricket

[PMJ]

Thanks very much to you both, crickets are the ones with the bigger antennas right?

[RoyW]

Originally Posted by PMJ

so I was hoping someone might know what it is called. Don't say Colin.

The long, curved ovipositor at the rear makes this a female - so something like Collete is far more likely!

On a more serious note, I agree that it is a Dark Bushcricket.

..and yes, crickets have much longer antennae (+female grasshoppers don't have the obvious ovipositor).