Horsehead cricket

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:01 am

I just can't stop laughing at these

Horsehead cricket Pseudoproscopia latirostris

DaveW · Post by **DaveW** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:15 am

Hope you reported these alien invaders to the authorities!

DaveW

Hairyduck · Post by **Hairyduck** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:50 am

Fantastic! What an excellent critter

V.Nice shots too!!

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:36 am

Nice finding!

I think this one mimics a tree trunk.

Have you a full body photo?

jmlphoto · Post by **jmlphoto** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:51 am

hahah these pics have such a good feeling to them, they look like they all have very distinct emotions, great shots.

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:37 pm

Three very different pics of an absolutely rib-cracking subject. He/she just oozes character and humour. Nicely shot too.

Great job!

Bruce

jaharris1001 · Post by **jaharris1001** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:41 pm

looks like something right out od the cartoons

great catch

Mike B in OKlahoma · Post by **Mike B in OKlahoma** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:14 pm

Wow! Are these native to the UK?

Hairyduck · Post by **Hairyduck** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:22 pm

definately not

They're from Peru I think

JoanYoung · Post by **JoanYoung** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:16 am

This has got to be the strangest critter I have every seen, and I thought we only had them here in Africa. Excellent capture and great photo's of it.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:58 am

A very unique specimen there morgan

Every so often one does run across insects that seem to display a certain personality, this one, I agree, to be quite humerous. All the shots well taken, wonderful!

lauriek · Post by **lauriek** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:26 am

Second Dave's comments, this surely isn't a UK native species, not in any of my books anyway! Where'd you find this amazing beastie??

Hairyduck · Post by **Hairyduck** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:41 am

seems to be quite a common pet amongst stick insect fanciers etc , I did a quick search and found quite a few places selling them for less than a tenner

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:12 am

Certainly not a native of the UK

Peru is the country of origin but have been in 'culture' now for many years.
I purchased a trio of them at a bug event last weekend.
They are eating bramble like it's going out of fashion and hopefuly will produce some eggs soon.

I still cant help laughing when I look at these comic creatures.