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Grasshopper/Cricket beastie (1 Viewer)

John P

Usually on a different wavelength
Came across this wee beast yesterday, if anyone can help with an ID I'd be grateful, pics are not the best but it was an awkward little b***** to get at.
 

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I think it's a nymph of the Field Grasshopper assuming that is the hairs on the underside of the thorax that I can see in the first photo
 
Thanks Bob², with a name to go on and having looked at a few more pics I'd say that's as close as I'll get. I note that as a species it's very variable in colour and this is probably why I struggled to find an ID myself whilst looking through various websites yesterday.

I see one website lists the pinched pronotum with a creamy stripe on a blackish ground either side as a diagnostic aid for Field Grasshopper and this appears to fit with my second pic. :t:
 
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