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Grasshopper in the dunes at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire, England.
Not sure which species this one is.
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It was mid-afternoon when one normally can't get very close to insects, especially the hopping ones. But maybe this differential grasshopper was warm and liked the spot it had chosen. It was a large insect and easy to get good detail with the Raynox 250. Single shot handheld. View large for more detail of the mouthparts and the armor.
Grasshoppers are insects of the order Orthoptera, suborder Caelifera. They are sometimes referred to as short-horned grasshoppers to distinguish them from the katydids (bush crickets). Grasshopper species which change colour and behaviour at high population densities are called locusts.
This was not the first grasshopper I found in one of the rooms. Usually I bring it out and put it on a flower so it can drink from the raindrops.
There I was photographing flowers at the Mackay Botanical Gardens in QLD Australia, when I noticed this grasshopper (Katydid?) peering at me from above as if to see what I was up to. He seemed to enjoy the attention and happily posed for a portrait :)
The camera was a Canon 400D SLR and the lens a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro.
Handheld close-up of a common grasshopper. Got lucky on this one. I dare you to look at it in larger size.
Almost no processing done on this one besides cropping and minor adjustments to the background.
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Nikon D7100. Tamron 180mm Macro. 1/3200th @ f/10. ISO 1250. EV = 0.0. Hand held. No tubes, bellows, lens reversing ring, or other gizmos.
These relaxing grasshoppers make it almost too easy to photograph them. They let me get very close and don't mind my flash. This one is on a marigold at the farm.
A Giant Grasshopper, Valanga irregularis sits on a pomegranate
in the garden. As the name suggests, they are a large grasshopper, adults can grow to 90mm long. They have a variable colour.
We have had them in the garden for a number of the years and don't really mind them here as the local birds help keep them under control. Other folk who grow vegetables find them a pest.
Extra information
www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/farms-fishing-forestry...
I should cut down this tall stinging nettle plant before it can spread its seeds all over the farm. I'd make sure it has no grasshoppers on it, though.
I decided to paint something a bit different last night. I did this from a photograph I took in the Kansas Flint Hills a week or so ago. This was one of the biggest grasshoppers I think I have ever seen.
I just wanted to paint something different from what I normally do. Watercolor on Arches 140 lb. CP.