Locust

This is a poisonous Locust, not that it can spit or inject with poison, they are just nasty to eat by birds and other predators. Every year they come in large numbers and cause quite a bit of havoc to flora. Taken at Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens, where I saw quite a lot of them. The folds are the leaves of an aloe plant, where this one wanted to hide from a pesky photographer .