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Grasshopper nymph

Taken at Hitchcopse Pit, near Abingdon, this June. This is a very tiny grasshopper nymph (the sand grains and moss will give a sense of scale). He is in the act of eating a grass stalk. I love the delicate tracery of his wing cases.

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Uploaded on August 7, 2008
Taken on June 28, 2008