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[Fox]

I found this while I was BBQ'ing tonight..

Do you know what it is? It looks like some sort of grasshopper, but it what looked like a mega long stinger.

[dazzabozza]

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Daz

[Mr_docfish]

Gee, have not seen one of them for a while.... just call it a very big cricket... the 'stinger' is a thing that is used by the female to deposit eggs deep into something (maybe in cracks in rocks, under bark etc) but they can bite, you will notice that their mandibles are quite big....

[Krystal]

Nice one Daz.

I was gonna say it looks like the bad cricket out of the movie called a bugs life

[dazzabozza]

Hopper

[Sazabi]

it's food for fish?

[Krystal]

YEAH thats him! Hopper....man he was scary when i was a kid but a perfect I.D right there.

Thanks Daz

No need to say thanks Az.....identifying grasshoppers is what i do

[Fox]

Gee, have not seen one of them for a while.... just call it a very big cricket... the 'stinger' is a thing that is used by the female to deposit eggs deep into something (maybe in cracks in rocks, under bark etc) but they can bite, you will notice that their mandibles are quite big....

Cricket or Grasshopper?

Dont worry about the mandibles, check out the spikes on it's legs... When I zoomed in on its legs, they look mega sharp..

[Elle]

Could be mole cricket.
Ive only ever seen one, but basically its a cricket that digs in the soil and lives under ground.
If it is dont scare him or make him angry coz he will projectile poop on you

[Fox]

Nope, not a mole cricket..
This is one of those:

[dazzabozza]

Reminds me of a sandgroper.

[Mr_docfish]

I've asked an Entomology mate of mine from Uni to ID it just for fun.... I always wanted to know more about it... don't see them that often anymore....
Will get back to you in the next few days or so...

[Sazabi]

Looks like a fighting cricket I used to have

But seriously looks more like a brown field cricket

[Den]

I found one of these in the base of an old birds nest once when I was a little kid and I hated it, Ive come across them a few times over the years, its on the list of the very few animals that disgust me, add worms, centipedes, catapillars and maggots to that list.

I think its a species of raspy cricket

http://hvbackyard.bl...-his-wings.html

http://www.whatsthat...-raspy-cricket/

[Fox]

Yea thats what it looks like Den...

Oliver, thanks, that would be interesting to see what they say.

[CICH-BRO]

In my old place we used to see those trapped in the skimmer basket of our pool and sometimes at the bottom. They looked exactly like your photo and were massive. Never did see a live one though.

[Mr_docfish]

Well... he is trying to find more info on it... all he can say at this point is it most probably belongs to the family of Raspy Crickets (Gryllacrididae): http://www.geocities...llacrididae.htm
Will try to find more later...

[fush_and_chops]

looks like a bee-cricket and could be possible-did anyone watch that how i met your mother with the cocka-mouse, gee that was funny

cam

[VietDragon]

I found this while I was BBQ'ing tonight..

Do you know what it is? It looks like some sort of grasshopper, but it what looked like a mega long stinger.

its definitely a cricket not grasshopper, a gryllidae of some sort, and that's not a stinger at all, it's the ovipositor as someone above has said, used in depositing eggs and *additionally* can only be found on female crickets.