Jim W wrote:
ned wrote:


Graham Dixon wrote:
I would suggest (after reffering to 'Collins Guide') that this is
a
nymph (pre dult phatse of metamorposis) of either a Great Green
Bush
Cricket or a Wart Biter. Both found (but the second not common) in
Southern England.


I'd go along with the Wart-biter.
They are definitely of the cricket family with those long antennae.
Grass-hopper antennae are much shorter.

--
ned


So what do Wart-Biter's 'do' exactly..

I think it was one of those olden day 'alternative' cures where the
insect was encouraged to 'bite the wart' to make it disappear.
Any volunteers to substantiate this? ;-)

--
ned