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Oct 28, 2012 02:55 |  #1

Gday all. I found this orange cricket today. He was being stalked by this long legged jumping spider. The spider circled it about 3 times and simply walked away :rolleyes:. Typical, i really wanted to capture the destruction. I've never seen a cricket like this before and can't find ANY info on it. Can anyone point me in the right direction please. Hope you enjoy.

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Oct 28, 2012 02:59 |  #2

Wow Mat, great catch, very interesting looking cricket, never seen one like it before


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Oct 28, 2012 08:55 |  #3

cool captures mat!
the spider probably thought it was poison,cause of the colours,and stayed away.


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Oct 28, 2012 09:19 |  #4

That's a great looking cricket, Mat. Very nice shots.


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Oct 28, 2012 09:25 |  #5

Nice shots. Lovely colors on this cricket!


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Oct 28, 2012 09:40 as a reply to  @ Pri's post |  #6

Beautiful little cricket. I normally like to see a jumper get the meal, but that would have been a shame, in this case :)


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Oct 28, 2012 10:19 |  #7

I'm thinking the jumper sized up the cricket and decided "Meh, not enough meat." :)

Could the cricket be a katydid nymph? The head looks similar to katydid nymphs I've come across before.

I really like the jumper too.

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Oct 28, 2012 12:08 |  #8

What a gorgeous little creature - lovely shot of it too.

Have you done a google for katydid instead of cricket?

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Oct 28, 2012 12:35 |  #9

Beautiful cricket and a good capture. Love the colours.




  
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Oct 28, 2012 16:11 |  #10

Thanks for the comments all. LindaB i've done a google search and i've come close but can't find one with those markings on the legs as well. Thanks for your help all. He sure is a colourful one.


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Oct 29, 2012 02:29 |  #11

Wonderful captures- suprised the spider left the cricket/katydid. Maybe it thought it was too cute to eat :)
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Oct 29, 2012 13:57 |  #12

Super shots, what an amazing bug and the spider's not bad either.

I guess the colour is advertising "poisonous", I doubt the spider can see colour but might be able to pick up a smell?


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