Insects
Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)
Grasshoppers (several families)
Sighting 4580189

Unidentified

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Identification history

Unidentified 11 Jul 2024 WendyEM

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large numbers of locusts/grasshoppers on the wing. When we got to destination found this was a way to find if European Wasps are about. They were soon furiously harvesting the bodies from the car.

6 comments

clarehoneydove wrote:
   12 Mar 2025
Inconclusive?
RogerF wrote:
   Yesterday
Wendy. Do you have a photo of an indivdual even if a bit squashed?
WendyEM wrote:
   Yesterday
I've double checked, sadly no
RogerF wrote:
   Yesterday
You will just have to drive back!!
WendyEM wrote:
   1 hr ago
Will also need a time machine as it was April 2010
clarehoneydove wrote:
   1 hr ago
Well I am pretty disappointed that roger can't ID this based on the splat

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  • 25mm to 50mm Animal size
  • Deceased Animal health

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