another day another jumping, scurrying wee beastie in the house. at least we know that new zealand has nothing too vicious.
this time it was a cricket zooming about in the garage. each square is half a centrimetre wide so you can get a bit of an idea of the size.
esther caught this one for me after all the palava last week with the cockroach in the bathroom. crickets are much nicer, although more jumpier
you can tell it’s starting to get a little colder here now as the insects start to find their way indoors.
this website is getting to be a great help in identifying the strange things we see around and about
it’s interesting to compare the cricket above to a cicada which also make a lot of noise and were the sonic soundtrack to the summer. this picture is from over christmas one morning when i saw one warming up in the morning sun on top of a fence.
esther had her first day back at school in yonks today. quite a few of the boys who had been on the school camp didn’t turn up as they were worn out from camp. the school said kids could skive if they wanted (so i guess that’s not really skiving).
And jane’s put up the notice board that she asked me to do 6 months ago, but never quite got round to. she’s done a great job though !