The colour red is a wonderful thing. Rowan berries and Rose hips doing their thing almost everywhere just now, especially when newly rain-washed. Autumn virtually upon us in our area. #ScottishWildlfe #ScottishWildflowers #Wildflowers #autumn

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Think this small creature is a Common Groundhopper, Tetrix undulata, today by R Teith near Doune. Near relation of Grasshoppers, but Common Groundhopper cannot fly nor ‘sing’. An older book I have indicates not found in Scotland, but NBN Atlas Scotland shows fairly widely-distributed records in low numbers across much of Scotland. Size range 8-11mm, and colour variable. Cute, though! #ScottishWildlfe #InvertFest