Orthoptera in the Paddling Pool
/A whole run of interesting insects being fished out of the kids paddling pool. An adult Oak Bush Cricket with very impressive antennae - maybe it was the same one I rescued as a nymph from the brown wheelie bin earlier in the summer! We don't have much in the way of long grass, so this grasshopper was a first for the garden. Judging from its colour and wing length, I identified it as Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, a species which has been extending its range north in UK. It's nice to find interesting insects like this on my patch.
