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Grasshopper climbing pole
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Yesterday I saw some nice butterflies and tried to catch them but they didn't like me. Each time I tried to approach them they took off. Suddenly I saw this grasshopper climbing the stem. I was surprised that we have these in our garden. I tried to get a shot of him and after some attempts I got a composition I liked.
PP as usual: little crop, Levels and USM.
I don't know the name of this one. Maybe someone can help.
I have some info on grasshoppers in general:
There are two main groups of grasshoppers: (1) long-horned grasshoppers and (2) short-horned grasshoppers. They are divided according to the length of their antennae (feelers), which are also called horns. Short-horned grasshoppers are usually called locusts.
The body of the grasshopper has three main groups. The head, the thorax, and the abdomen. The body is covered by a stiff shell, much like that of a crab. Two antennae grow forward and curve upward from the head. The grasshopper uses them to examine food before it eats. Two lips and two powerful jaws with sharp teeth form the main parts of the grasshopper's mouth.
A grasshopper has five eyes. A large compound eye, consisting of thousands of single lenses, is on each side of its head. With these eyes, the insect can see well to the front, to the side, and to the back. A grasshopper also has three small single eyes-one above the base of each antenna, and one below and midway between the two antennae. No one knows what these small eyes do.
A grasshopper's wings and legs are attached to its thorax. The Thorax is actually made up of three parts... the prothorax, the mesothorax and the metathorax. Each of these three segments has a pair of legs. You will notice on the grasshopper the large plate just in back of its head which looks a little like a saddle. (This is the upper surface of the prothorax and is known as the pronotum.) The pronotum extends from the head to the base of the wings.
Most kinds of grasshoppers have two pairs of wings. Some species have short, useless wings, and others have no wings at all.
A grasshopper has six legs, and uses all of them when it walks. The front legs hold food when the animal eats. The hind legs are much longer and stronger than the others, and have powerful thigh muscles.
Abdomen: The abdomen has 11 segments which work amazingly like a telescope, allowing the female to extend her abdomen deeply into the soil to deposit her eggs. The females genitalia are found between the 7th and 8th segments. Male reproductive organs are located on the 9th segment. On all insects, there are pairs of breathing pores along the sides of the abdomen and 2 pair on the thorax. These holes, called spiracles, are along the sides of the abdomen and the thorax. Tubes branch to all parts of the body.
This info was taken from: http://www.ris.net/~lawnman/hopfact.html
More info is available at that site. |
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I like the way that you have included some of the space around him to put him into his natural surroundings. Well captured.
I can never get butterflys to sit still either.
- carper
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(8406) - [2004-08-29 5:24]
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Hij is toch nog mooi geworden.
Goede compositie Jan, prachtige sprinkhaan. Ik heb geen idee hoe hij heet, goede kleuren, goede dof, goed werk
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- PDP
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- [2004-08-29 5:53]
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Hi Jan, this looks very much like a female Speckled Bush-Cricket, Leptophyes punctatissima. Nice composition and good colours, good work.
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- jhm
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(626) - [2004-08-29 6:26]
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Nu de naam is opgelost, uw foto is van grote waarde Jan, de overwegende groene kleuren zijn zacht, de sprinkhaan netjes scherp, zeer goed werk! Ik ben benieuwd voor mijn nieuwe lens Jan!
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- Callie
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- [2004-08-29 7:49]
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Hi Jan
Bietjie sag, maar andersinds baie goeie kompo met sy voelers heel in die raam. Goeie nota!
Very nice grass hopper picture Jan. The colours are very natural and the background sets him off nicely. Very good and informative note - just as it should be here on TN.
Jan, a very pleasing green compo. I like it. The details of the cricket is needs a tad sharpness, but it's still a nice take. Very detailed note. Thanx for sharing.
This very definatley a Speckled Bush Cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima).
Good shot , sparp top to bottom even those over long antenae which usually vanish in a blurr as they go out of the DOF.
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- japie
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- [2004-08-30 6:48]
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These antenae are build for long range sports transmitions! Very good capture with excellent DOF and color. Thanks for posting - Points tomorrow
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