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The grasshopper is an insect of the suborder Caelifera in the order Orthoptera. To distinguish it from bush crickets or katydids, it is sometimes referred to as short-horned grasshoppers. Species that change colour and behaviour at high population densities are called locusts.
Grasshoppers are species which change colour and behaviour at high population densities are called Grasshoppers the typical insect body of head, thorax and abdomen. The head is held vertically, at an angle to the body with the mouth at the bottom. It bears a large pair of compound eyes which give all-round vision, three simple eyes which can detect light and dark and a pair of antennae which are sensitive to touch and smell. The downward-directed mouthparts are modified for chewing and there are two sensory palps in front of the jaws.
Found at La Selva Biological Station, near Puerto Viejo de SarapiquÃ. Heredia Province, Costa Rica.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
Adult differential grasshoppers are brown to olive green and yellow and up to 1-3/4 inches long. Their hind legs are enlarged for jumping and are marked with very cool chevron-like black markings.
When I was a child, my brothers and I used to catch grasshoppers larger than these in an open field behind my house. We would tie a string (about a yard long) around their neck and then release them. They would fly and we would chase after them, catching the string just before they got out of reach. A country boy could find plenty of things to do for amusement on a lazy, care-free summer day. :-)
Seen at Bob Jones Park in Southlake, Texas on September 3, 2009.
A very informative newspaper article from the Hastings & St Leonards Observer of 10 July 1954.
You may refer to my previous posting of a photograph of 64 George Street, looking a bit neglected in 1941 before it was a pub. Evidently the building had been purchased by William Aubrey Newman before 1946.
William Newman was a fascinating character who had an interest in restoring old buildings. The 'other premises' on which he was 'very busy' included the Grasshopper, a beautiful small pub on Westerham Green. That's another lovely building for which we should be grateful to Mr Newman.
William was not at all Canadian as is sometimes reported, but was born in Herne Hill in 1903. His family was well-to-do and he is reported as driving a nice MG sports-car before WW2.
Evidently, he took Hastings Council's order for the work to be done 'within six months' seriously, as we shall see in the next photo I post.
Sadly William Aubrey Newman died in Sevenoaks in 1963 aged just 60, but I'll take this opportunity to metaphorically shake Bill's hand.