Arse end of a grasshopper

The amateur entomologist who posted his photo on Flickr noted the following characteristics about this creature:

What: A grasshopper
Where: On a leaf

Thank you, sir. HB and cheap paper. About 45 minutes.

The arse of a grasshopper

And no – I’m not making it up. That’s what its tail looks like…

Hold on. I just got thinking about what exactly this must be. Grasshoppers don’t have tails… So, after a little research my guess is that it’s his aedeagus – or to put it another way, his penis.