This spider was after the tiny caterpillers abseiling from the crab-apple tree in the front garden. It has a broken cross pattern across the abdomen.
I noticed some grasshoppers (or crickets - update to follow) in the rough patch of grass the other side of the road by the garage where we keep the cars occasionally.
I am not sure if these two specimens are of the same species or not. The top one seems to have more prominant pale-edged folds on the shoulders and the eyes look to be a different colour and angle.
Update: This is a Common Field Grasshopper
Chorthippus brunneus.
2 comments:
Mike
Great photo's of Chorthippus brunneus (a lot bettee than mine!).
Pleased to find another grasshopper blogger.
Thank you Henry - the feeling is mutual! Have just got back from a couple of weeks holiday in the Norfolk broads (dragonflies everywhere)so sorry for not replying sooner.
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