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When taking macro images you're trying to frame the subject and rock gently back and forwards to get full focus, whilst squeezing the cameras trigger at the right time - all the while hoping that the subject doesn't just fly or jump away.
This means that a lot of the time you don't register the tiny details in the subject until the image is on the computer screen during processing.
This was the case with this image. Although I saw the grasshopper I had no idea that there was a small spider off to the left of the leaf.
One of my first shots using a DSLR camera. A westbound empty hopper train (E819) approaches the now gone B&O CPL Bridge at Grasshopper in April, 2011.
Bow-winged grasshopper (Chorthippus biguttulus) on a grass leaf.
Konik pospolity (Chorthippus biguttulus) na źdźble trawy.
Just another grasshopper - I've spotted quite a few in various stages / sizes this summer so this one isn't particularly special. Except it did have a buddy on the same salvia plant just the night before. Till later...
He was really singing his heart out, while facing the late evening sun, taken in Norfolk. This is an archive image not posted before.
These exoskeleton skin things just blow me away. I've found several around my yard this summer, one even on my front-door step. But I'm positive I saw the owner of this skin the evening before. It was bright green, just like the grasshopper I posted yesterday. The next morning I came to photograph them early, before the breezes started up. This was very close to where I'd seen the little green guy the night before. How do they ever get out of there and leave it so intact?? Believe it or not, I found video clips on the web. They ease slowly out of the top or backside, kinda where the wings are here. The only thing not so intact here is the abdomen all scrunched up. Still seems beyond comprehension to me. It would be crazy to actually see it real time. Very cool stuff.
From what I'm reading, Valanga irregularis is the largest species of grasshopper in the world. Identification for this specimen is confirmed by the rear tibia being the same colour as the rest of the leg and the tibial spines being orange to red with black tips.
These grasshoppers can be found in the northern regions of our country - in the States of Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and extending down the east coast in to the mid to northern areas of New South Wales.
Around 80 mm in length.
Unfortunately, some detail lost on legs due to wide aperture, but tibial spines and colouration visible.
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This summer our garden seems to be full of these sweethearts...
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Grasshopper warblers are masters of throwing their song, appearing to be in a completely different place than from where they are singing and this bird was a textbook example. Although I spotted it before it started to reel, when it did it was amazing how far away the song seemed to be coming from and it took quite a while for me to guide a couple of birders to the spot where it was
I usually manage to hear one or two grasshopper warblers every year but I often struggle to see one. This year however, I've heard four and of those seen two including this incredibly obliging bird which climbed up into this blackthorn bush right next to me as I was discussing it with another birder
Grasshopper
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It's early morning and this fellow is drying off his body facing the sun as the evening dew had covered his body.This yoga position is called the early morning Grasshopper chill !
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul...Darrell.
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Grasshopper Warbler - Locustella naevia)
The common grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia) is a species of Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella. It breeds across much of temperate Europe and western Asia. It is migratory, wintering in north and west Africa.
This small passerine bird is found in short dense vegetation, often close to water. It is a medium-sized warbler about 13 cm (5 in) long. The adult has a streaked brown back and whitish grey underparts which are unstreaked except on the undertail coverts. The sexes are identical, as with most warblers, but young birds are yellower below. Like most warblers, it is insectivorous. Four to seven eggs are laid in a nest on or near the ground in thick vegetation or in a tussock of grass.
This is a species which skulks in the undergrowth, creeping through bushes and low foliage, and which is very difficult to see except sometimes when singing from a prominent position. The song, which gives this species its name, is a monotonous mechanical insect-like reeling, often given at dawn or dusk.
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
Grasshoppers are typically ground-dwelling insects with powerful hind legs which allow them to escape from threats by leaping vigorously. Their front leg is shorter and used for grasping food. As hemimetabolous insects, they do not undergo complete metamorphosis; they hatch from an egg into a nymph or "hopper" which undergoes five moults, becoming more similar to the adult insect at each developmental stage.
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