Mr. Grasshopper

Posted by Barbara (Florida, United States) on 20 October 2007 in Animal & Insect.

On the boardwalk almost stepped on. I wonder if he sees his shadow.
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Comments (12)

aggie from Singapore, Singapore

Cool. Different from the usual grasshopper feasting amoung the plants. Nice shot!

20 Oct 2007 3:22am

Ina from Krugersdorp, South Africa

His missing part of his leg no? I like the little bit of red on his wing, draws one attention to it.

20 Oct 2007 3:54am

@Ina: You may be right about his leg. His upper right. I stayed long enough for the shot so as not to disturb him, I did not notice anything wrong at the time. The grasshopper wasa gone when I returned. Thank you for your comment it is appreciated. Later: Upon reviewing other images I took of this grasshopper I see that all four of his legs are there. The upper right leg is turned inward and under his body. It appears he is intact and fine. Thank you for pointing this out.

jamsheed from India

nice shot

20 Oct 2007 7:14am

timothy sullivan from tokyo, Japan

wow! great capture!

20 Oct 2007 7:51am

Harald from Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Great capture. Beautiful light and well seen.

20 Oct 2007 11:32am

tvm from fröndenberg, Germany

Oh yes, it`s a magnificent photo! Cool !
#Thomas
and thx. for visit my site !

20 Oct 2007 11:35am

Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands

Wonderfully colored one, I think there must be hundreds of grasshopper variations around in the world. The leg problem occurs more often, when |I visited my sister I admired a new charcoal drawing she bought, showing two horses before a plough with a farmer on the field. Both horses missed one fore-leg (one horse missed the right one, the other horse missed the left one), so that it seemed they were sharing the two visible fore-legs, but the artist had drawn it after a photograph in which the two missing legs were hidden just after one foreleg of one horse :)

22 Oct 2007 1:03pm