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Just a light sprinkle with the garden hose on my Sea Lavender and this guy popped out from somewhere. I think it was trying to sleep. I really tried for a composition that would get it more to the left and thus looking INTO the frame, but some pointed aloe next to the sea lavender kept jabbing me. So, here it is, looking out of the frame not into it. Water droplets courtesy of the garden hose I guess.
Grasshopper
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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...
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.
He was really singing his heart out, while facing the late evening sun, taken in Norfolk. This is an archive image not posted before.
This one proved to be a popular bird. I unfortunately only had this one chance to get this shot and the light was fading fast. There are some much better images out there.
As always I am way behind on Flickr. I do appreciate the time you all take to view my images as we all do. I will try to catch up asap.
Cheers
Gregg
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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It looked like a grasshopper but was incredibly tiny! Thanks to Brody J for the ID. Perhaps only about a quarter of an inch long....except those antennae which were ginormous in comparison to the rest of it. I was torn between editing them out so you could see the critter better but they are just too awesome not to include! feel free to click to enlarge! :)
This summer our garden seems to be full of these sweethearts...
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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 !
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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
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.
There's been a recent remake of the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu". Sorry, you won't get me to watch it, because nothing can be better that the original series. What a creative twist on the Western genre it was. David Carradine was superb as Caine, the Shaolin monk who had fled China after the death of his spiritual master.
As a young novice monk he was "Grasshopper", but by the time he arrived in America Caine had become a fully realised man. Confronted with the violence and anarchy of the Wild West, Caine brings serenity and civilised humanity wherever he goes.
"Kung Fu: The Journey From Grasshopper to Caine"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J37QUZjOjF8
"The Kung Fu Shaolin"
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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Lakeside, AZ
A grasshopper walks into a bar and orders a drink. The bartender says, "Hey, they have a drink named after you." The grasshopper says, "Why would anyone name a drink Bill?" (I know that's a dumb joke but it might get a few laughs.)
Limnos Island, Greece
Autotomy is a process in grasshoppers whereby one or both hindlimbs can be shed to escape a predator or can be abandoned if damaged. It occurs between the trochanter and the femur (second and third leg segments) and once lost, the legs never regenerate. J Neurobiol. 1991 Jul;22(5):536-46.