Emperor in flight

Male Emperor cleaning in flight

Watched a male Emperor flying around the new pool by Marston Thrift carpark yesterday. Whilst in flight it was cleaning its legs by rubbing them together. Photos by Steve Cham

One leg short of a grasshopper...

but that didn't stop this Mottled Grasshopper from ovipositing on Cooper's Hill on 25th August...

Photo by Keith Balmer