Ever wondered what the pointy thing was out the back end of some crickets?
Only the female has one and it is called the ovipositor and she uses it to incise a slot into a piece of vegetation into which she will lay an egg.
This one is a Long-winged Conehead and I reckon she has got things a bit wrong this time as that bit of bramble was old and dry and no good for laying into.
4-10-14
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer