Someone spotted a big red insect hanging upsided down on a rocky outcrop and I paddled over to have a look and to take a few snaps. It looked like a grasshopper to me and it was bright red in colour. Funny how in the photos, it has the brownish colour of a cockcroach. Looking at the incredibly long feelers, it could just be a cockcroach! Does anybody know?
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mixed breed? :-S
unker!
i ter-comment on an old post of yours… oh well, nvm.
i don’t think it’s a roach as the hind legs seem to be made for jumping. it’s an overgrown cricket perhaps?
hahaha.
yd - could be a hybrid?
silveraven - hi feli! heard u’re in town!
it’s a common cricket in the forest. can’t determine the speciest though.
kelvin - thanks! see how ignorant we city folks are! need to get a field guide book on the insects and birds of the rainforest.