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George Oilwell
September 2, 2005, 05:45 AM
Landlord Roger Hotchkiss came across the fearsome looking creepy-crawly yesterday morning in the Brewery Inn, which he runs in Coalport.

Mr Hotchkiss said none of his regulars have been able to identify the creature which he trapped in a pint glass after he spotted what he described as a large "stinger" on the insect's rear.

http://www.shropshirestar.com/storage/editorial/9/SD1042923@bug1.jpg

Pub regulars baffled by bizarre bug (http://www.shropshirestar.com/show_article.php?aID=36765)
orpheus last chant
September 2, 2005, 05:56 AM
If it wasn't for the "stinger", I'd say it looks like a grass-hopper.

Edit: try this site:
http://www.whatsthatbug.com


Edit 2: because I got my english bug names mixed :Cheeky:
Plognark
September 2, 2005, 08:07 AM
If it wasn't for the "stinger", I'd say it looks like a grass-hopper.

Edit: try this site:
http://www.whatsthatbug.com


Edit 2: because I got my english bug names mixed :Cheeky:

Holy crap that's one of the best sites I've ever been too! :notworthy

I like bugs :D
CowboyHeretic
September 2, 2005, 08:23 AM
A scorpion screwed a cricket and had a baby.
Plognark
September 2, 2005, 08:49 AM
It's a cricket (http://www.whatsthatbug.com/crickets.html).

Maybe a mole or Camel cricket, but that "stinger" is actually pretty common, although it's really not a stinger at all. It's on ovipositer for injecting eggs into the ground, I think.

That also makes it a girl ;)
Plognark
September 2, 2005, 08:51 AM
Oh, almost forgot: Off to S&S with this thread, by official decree! ;)
jcsd
September 2, 2005, 06:41 PM
It's a cricket as Plognark says, more specifically a female cricket from the order enisfera.

I'd guess this guy (or more correctly lady) whose distribution includes southern Britain:

http://www.erccis.co.uk/images/orthoptera/tn_ons007_jpg.jpg

Short-winged Cone-head Conocephalus doralis
George Oilwell
September 2, 2005, 11:10 PM
Cool, thanks everyone.

I'll email the news site with your helpful info.
Berthold
September 5, 2005, 01:41 PM
This thread, though successful in the spreading of knowledge, has, for me, a melancholy note: Either insects that were quite common are now exceptionally rare, or people don't care to look at their natural environment.