Anyone know the name of this insect?

Question

Sorry I don't have a picture.

It was green and looked to have a hard green shell. It was around 3 times the size of an average woodlouse and it could fly.

(It flew off before I managed to take a picture.)

It could also crawl/walk too. It had legs that weren't long, but were a similar 'style' to a spiders legs.

I'm completely clueless when it comes to insects as I am quite scared of them, but I've never seen this particular insect before.

Anyone know what it could be called?

Thanks.

Answer 1

cockchafer/may bug

Answer 2

Sounds like a Shield bug to me.

Did it look like this?

http://www.portsdown.org/images/ecology/...

Answer 3

Sounds like a spangly wongler.

Answer 4

Probably a Japanese beetle

Answer 5

Japanese Beetle?

http://www.dpughphoto.com/images/japanes...

Answer 6

It might have been a shield bug (or stink bug in the US) Have a look at this link and see if any of them are similar.

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&...

Answer 7

The people over at whatsthatbug.com can help you out. There may even be pictures of one of the bugs on their website, if not, they can try and help you out as much as possible. Just be sure to tell them where you're located and as much of the details as possible.

Answer 8

nopee

Answer 9

cricket

click the link did it look like one of these

Answer 10

its either a cricket or a grasshopper theses are images for each

cricket:  

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobby8/2455...

grasshopper:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/steenheiles...