contacted a couple of professors at Uni and they assure me it is an antichinus - just from the way it looked and acted.

So if you want to get rid of your grasshopper plagues - add an antichinus to your shopping list. This little family have got rid of the worst pest I have in my yard.

I should have some photos over the weekend - apparently they can't resist peanut butter - so what you do is spread some near where they were last seen and sit back and wait for them to turn up.