Insect?

Does anyone know what this is?
Me n Debs aren't so sure as we both said WHAT THE **** IS THAT?!!!

Good job the moors never had an army of those Dunk coz we would all have tinted eye brows seen all sorts of creepy crawleys here but not that one..did you pick it up

Don't know the name, but my Spanish friend tells me not dangerous pero Muy bien con patatas fritas y huevos.

Good withegg and chips ? Would that be alive or dead ?

cheers guys - we've not picked it up... ha
I'll ask Debs if she wants to eat it though

oooh ,sure looks like it could inflict some damage and 4inches !!!

Hey Dunk..try putting it debbies socks...may prove a point

We had one of those here, and we watched her lay eggs on her back with the spear/tail. I took photos...I'll try and find them and load one up. Pretty cool, but i think harmless. No idea what it is though.

sounds interesting Cave Bunny - must identify it somehow

eek its freeky!

Have looked in my natural history book for Andalucia, and there's a pic of something quite similar - a grillo - gryllus campestris or field cricket.
When I looked on the internet the pics there didn't look the same at all!
Now you know what I do late at night!

Grillo is also Italian (probably Latin) for Cricket and I suspect the female is a slight variant on the male, hence not looking identical to the pic. But we have seen them on and off here for 3 years, scary looking but quite harmless. I think the spike is to push the eggs under the soil surface, or under human skin so it can grow and make its way to your brain, where it will slowly eat you from the inside out.

haha TFS... sounds like new film The Bay - pretty grim