Tiny but perfect Grasshopper (Acrididae, Orthoptera) - Oedaleonotus phryneicus?
I found this tiny but perfect Grasshopper (Acrididae, Orthoptera) perched on the tip of a leaf in the mint patch of our garden this morning. I guess it's a tiny Oedaleonotus phryneicus grasshopper in the family of Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Melanoplinae). I got this photo at 1:1 magnification with my macro lens, so I can use my camera as an expensive remote micrometer. The critter is about 1370 pixels across. That makes it about 5.4 mm across, less than 1/4 inch. See this photo for how I figured. (San Marcos Pass, 18 May 2015)
Tiny but perfect Grasshopper (Acrididae, Orthoptera) - Oedaleonotus phryneicus?
I found this tiny but perfect Grasshopper (Acrididae, Orthoptera) perched on the tip of a leaf in the mint patch of our garden this morning. I guess it's a tiny Oedaleonotus phryneicus grasshopper in the family of Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Melanoplinae). I got this photo at 1:1 magnification with my macro lens, so I can use my camera as an expensive remote micrometer. The critter is about 1370 pixels across. That makes it about 5.4 mm across, less than 1/4 inch. See this photo for how I figured. (San Marcos Pass, 18 May 2015)