Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) Nymph, originally uploaded by Pipsissiwa.
Identification via mountainashe (Ashley Wood) from Wild Things / Chinery / McGavin.
My beloved grasshoppers. I love them. The adult of this species is large (15-25mm) and highly variable in colour from browns, rusty reds or oranges, greys and greens. I get all variations in the garden, but especially the red and browns. It is recognisable by the sharply angled keels on the top of the thorax and the furred underside. This nymph is just starting to develop wings; tiny little flaps on the thorax at the moment.
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