TexasEagle
Differential Grasshopper
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.
Differential Grasshopper
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.