I'm keeping it in the house. He likes algea, but know that it is snowy and single digits out here this is impossible to come by. Apple seems to be an acceptible substitute.

He ate lettuce most of the winter, then I found some moss growing and put that in his cage. He ate that until algea started growing again. He died April 28, 2009 and joined my insect collection.

Moved from Pygmy Grasshoppers.

Finally getting back to this one. It looks like Tetrix ornata. I need to look at more of these before I can tell gender at a glance, but having said that, it looks male to me - rather slender. I can't quite tell if that's a piece of female ovipositor or a male subgenital plate at the tip of the abdomen, but I'm leaning toward the later.

edited 10-19-08