Large insect Fuerteventura (1 Viewer)

[Owene]

Caught in the branches of a small tree. At the time I thought dragonfly but no longer think so. Anyone able to narrow it down at all (even to family).

 

[Dyrlege]

I'd with less than 15% certainty say cricket-ish, but that's as close as I dare bid 😂

Love the photos!

 

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

Caught in the branches of a small tree. At the time I thought dragonfly but no longer think so. Anyone able to narrow it down at all (even to family).

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Some sort of Locust?

 

[Dyrlege]

Some sort of Locust?

I thought maybe the body was a little short for that, and the wings a little soft, hence the cricket-ish suggestion, but I'm not voting you down!
Per

 

[Owene]

Could be. I've seen single Egyptian locusts sat in trees like the one it took is prey from, it seemed to stalk it around the upper branches. And the size and wings seem good. No idea if they occur there though

 

[Dyrlege]

Nor have I. But we agree on the same insect order!
Lovely pictures.
Per
Edit: the feeler(s), if that's what I see, is short. That goes against crickets if I remember right...
Supports locust-like (or large grasshopper). That gets us to sub- order...
😄

 

[Brian Stone]

Could be. I've seen single Egyptian locusts sat in trees like the one it took is prey from, it seemed to stalk it around the upper branches. And the size and wings seem good. No idea if they occur there though

Egyptian Grasshopper/Locust occurs on the island and looks ok for that.

 

[WalterRayle]

Caught in the branches of a small tree. At the time I thought dragonfly but no longer think so. Anyone able to narrow it down at all (even to family).

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definitely an orthopteran

 

[pdwinter]

With the tubercle on the prosternum (top pic if you take the detail out of the shadows) and the very long wings it should be Cyrtacanthacridinae and with a lack of colour in the forewing (although it's a bit difficult to see which wings are showing) I'd have thought Schistocerca gregaria (Desert Locust) but certainly that or Anacridium aegyptium (Egyptian Grasshopper).

 

[Owene]

Thanks so much, i think the photo series is still on the camera, i'll have a look what they show with the two species in mind