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Buzzard-1
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:wtf: that certainly is buzz... has it got 6 legs or just the 4 that i can see in the pics?
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awesome :thumbup:
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spanna wrote: has it got 6 legs or just the 4
5, 4 legs and 1 hopper Image
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weird looking hopper.
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Looks big enough to put a saddle on!
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Not sure what it is but have seen similar ones out here,they are in a different family to average crickets and grasshoppers.Bit more aggresive and i think they are predatory.Will get it identified if no one knows what it is.
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I thought it was some kind of Weta, but I couldn't find a pic to match it.Image
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Think your very close Buzzard.Had one land on my camp chair when i got up to stoke the fire (bout 350 ks north),it really had a go at me when i tried to flick it off.All sorts of critters turn up in these wet years.Amazing !
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desertbirds wrote:it really had a go at me when i tried to flick it off
What :whoa: a cricket tried to bite you? :shock:
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