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Grasshopper visitor ...
Nature shots and various animal and insect visitors found around the neighborhood, surrounding area.
Grasshoppers have antennae that are almost always shorter than the body (sometimes filamentous), and short ovipositors. Those species that make easily heard noises usually do so by rubbing the hind femurs against the forewings or abdomen (stridulation), or by snapping the wings in flight. Tympana, if present, are on the sides of the first abdominal segment. The hind femora are typically long and strong, fitted for leaping. Generally they are winged, but hind wings are membranous while front wings (tegmina) are coriaceous and not fit for flight. Females are normally larger than males, with short ovipositors. Males have a single unpaired plate at the end of the abdomen. Females have two pairs of valves ( triangles) at the end of the abdomen used to dig in sand when egg laying.
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) which have much longer antennae. They are typically ground-dwelling insects with powerful hind legs which enable them to escape from threats by leaping vigorously. They are hemimetabolous insects (do not undergo complete metamorphosis) which hatch from an egg into a nymph or "hopper" which undergoes five moults, becoming more similar to the adult insect at each developmental stage. At high population densities and under certain environmental conditions, some grasshopper species can change colour and behaviour and form swarms. Under these circumstances they are known as locusts.
Grasshoppers are plant-eaters, sometimes becoming serious pests of cereals, vegetables and pasture, especially when they swarm in their millions as locusts and destroy crops over wide areas. They protect themselves from predators by camouflage; when detected, many species attempt to startle the predator with a brilliantly-coloured wing-flash while jumping and (if adult) launching themselves into the air, usually flying for only a short distance. Other species such as the rainbow grasshopper have warning coloration which deters predators. Grasshoppers are affected by parasites and various diseases, and many predatory creatures feed on both nymphs and adults. The eggs are the subject of attack by parasitoids and predators.
source: wikipedia
The grasshopper drone is an unpiloted forward attack bug. It leaps across the front lines, fires a couple of plasma bursts at the enemy, and then leaps back. Can be either remotely controlled, or pre-programmed. Unlike a real grasshopper, this drone is incapable of sustained flight - it just jumps really high.
Grasshopper Point
- Shot taken near the rocks on a cloudy day, didn't use tripod just rocks.
Is located a few miles from Sedona Arizona, is a beautiful place you have to walk to get to the rocks area. here is more info about the place:
www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/recreation/red_rock/grasshopper...
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A Grasshopper sparrow perches along the trails at Negri-Napote Grasslands in Franklin Township, NJ. Recorded in digiscope on 05/25/2016.
Be like Grasshopper
Kisah Seekor Belalang
Seekor belalang telah lama terkurung dalam sebuah kotak. Suatu hari ia berhasil keluar dari kotak yang mengurungnya tersebut. Dengan gembira ia melompat-lompat menikmati kebebasannya. Di perjalanan dia bertemu seekor belalang lain. Namun dia keheranan mengapa belalang itu bisa melompat lebih tinggi dan lebih jauh darinya.
Dengan penasaran ia menghampiri belalang itu, dan bertanya, “mengapa kau bisa melompat lebih tinggi dan lebih jauh, padahal kita tidak jauh berbeda dari usia ataupun bentuk tubuh ?”.
Belalang itu pun menjawabnya dengan pertanyaan, “dimanakah kau selama ini tinggal ? karena semua belalang yang hidup di alam bebas pasti bisa melakukan seperti yang aku lakukan”. Saat itu si belalang baru tersadar bahwa selama ini kotak itulah yang membuat lompatannya tidak sejauh dan setinggi belalang lain yang hidup di alam bebas.
Renungannya adalah belalang yang selama ini tinggal didalam kotak tak ubahnya sama seperti seseorang yang mengurung pikirannya sendiri sehingga dia lebih melayani bobot tubuhnya yang malas, tidak mau coba berinspirasi apalagi berinovasi. Jadilah seperti belalang yang hidup di alam bebas yang tak ubahnya menjadi seseorang yang membuka pikirannya.
Karena kemalasan hanya sempat dilakukan oleh orang-orang pasif tidak mau bergerak, akan tetapi orang yang terus berinovasi dan mencari hal-hal yang baru, mereka hampir tidak ada waktu untuk malas.
In spite of its apparently rather garish colours, this grasshopper is not easy to spot as it feeds I suppose that this is an example of "disruptive" camouflage.
Liefste Annie, This is now the most precious possession I have! This morning the Kona coffee tasted so pure and sweet in my grasshopper cup. I tried to show the little grasshopper. I think I'll add a note so you can find it. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Zoentje,
Soetje
www.crumbs.com/cupcakes#product=303
We recently celebrated the February birthdays in the Next New Networks office with an assortment of cupcakes from Crumbs Bakery in NYC. Many thanks to Rachel and Lindsey for their excellent taste in sweets!
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.