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Happy New Year!


Happy New Year!
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Copyright: Grzegorz Wieczorek (red45) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2829 W: 75 N: 8024] (26857)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon Powershot S2-IS
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Happy New Year 2008 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-12-30 7:09
Viewed: 697
Points: 30
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Happy New Year from Mr Green :-)

I hope new year will be better for you then previous one.

Grasshoppers are herbivorous insects of the suborder Caelifera in the order Orthoptera. To distinguish them from bush crickets or katydids, they are sometimes referred to as short-horned grasshoppers. Species that change color and behaviour at high population densities are called locusts.

Characteristics

The 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.

They are easily confused with the other sub-order of Orthoptera, Ensifera, but are different in many aspects, such as the number of segments in their antennae and structure of the ovipositor, as well as the location of the tympana and modes of sound production. Ensiferans have antennae with at least 30 segments, and caeliferans have fewer. In evolutionary terms, the split between the Caelifera and the Ensifera is no more recent than the Permo-Triassic boundary (Zeuner 1939).

Diversity and range

Recent estimates (Kevan 1982; Günther, 1980, 1992; Otte 1994-1995; subsequent literature) indicate some 2,400 valid Caeliferan genera and about 11,000 valid species described to date. Many undescribed species exist, especially in tropical wet forests. The Caelifera are predominantly tropical but most of the superfamilies are represented world wide.
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Hi Greg,
A green image:-)
Well done though; good sharpness, light.
Good composition.
TFS
Annick
Happy 2008!

Hi Mr. Green,
well chirped. You could be the larva of Leptophyes punctatissima but that's a guess because many characters (red legs, transformed wings etc) are missing. What I do know is that the shot is excellent, despite the magnification there are many details to be seen. Well done!
A Good New Year to you too, Grzegorz
Dietrich

Hello Grzegorz
Excellent shot of this Grasshopper,
Perfect details,DOF and composition,
Superb shot.

Best wishes for 2008 :o)
Fartash

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  • oki Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 76 W: 10 N: 107] (540)
  • [2007-12-30 8:31]

Hi Grzegorz,
Happy New Year and thanks for this great pictures with superb details and light.
Best regards Oki

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  • loot Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5726 W: 605 N: 3416] (9137)
  • [2007-12-30 8:50]
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Hi Greg

Thanks for your good wishes and for this lovely image. With appreciation for all the wonderful postings you shared with us throughout the year and may there still be loads and loads of the same for the coming year.

As the New Year dawns…
may it open up more opportunities for you,
lead you unto the path of continued success,
happiness & good health.

A wonderful 2008 for YOU and your loved ones.

Best regards
Loot

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2465 W: 168 N: 7448] (23526)
  • [2007-12-30 9:00]

Hello Greg,
Excellent capture of Mr. Green junior! Razor sharp details and lovely colours. A fine composition too.
TFS and all the best wishes for 2008! Ulla

That's perfect, Greg, what a perfect shot of this nice hopper. I also wish you all the best for 2008, bye
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3040 W: 148 N: 4529] (14629)
  • [2007-12-30 11:08]

Hi Grzegorz.
Many thank t your Mr. Green and its greetings.
Superb, razor sharp macro shot. My congratulations. POV is superb as well as the lights and wonderful green colour palette. Bravo and Happy New Year too.
Alexei.

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  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1010 W: 285 N: 3337] (11030)
  • [2007-12-30 12:26]

Hello Grzegorz,
green in green but, nevertheless, the grasshopper is shown very clear and with excellent sharpness.
Light and colour nuances are professionally reproduced.
I wish you a nice 'jump' into 2008,
Peter

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2348 W: 61 N: 3801] (12188)
  • [2007-12-30 15:08]

Hi Mr.Green,
Thank you for your New Year wishes, and I also like to thank the photographer Mr.Wieczorek for taking such a lovely capture of you.
I hereby like to take the opportunity to wish him and his family all the best for the New Year.
Greetings,
Selen

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3451 W: 144 N: 5892] (17458)
  • [2007-12-30 23:25]

Happy New Year to you too Greg - you, Joanna and Michal.
What a sharp grasshopper he is. Very good focus and colours.
Warm, sunny regards from NZ
Janice

Hej,
Dzieki za zielonosci (jak wiesz moje ulubione). Dobra ostrosc, ladna DOF. Trzema slowami: Najlepszego Nowego Roku!!! :-)
MIchal

Hello Greg,
Nice to see you still hanging out here! Hope you are OK and still a little crazy about bugs, fungi and your little desk aquarium ;-)

The picture is lovely, very sharp and very green :-)

Have a great 2008!

Cheers,
Monika

Hi Greg,
A beautiful capture of this green bush cricket nymph. Excellent composition and details. Thanks for the wishes and sharing.

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  • Maite Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 980 W: 64 N: 1196] (4924)
  • [2008-01-02 1:35]

Dear Grzegorz
With this amazing and splendid macro of this curious green grasshoper that you captured so perfectly I want to take the opportunity to thank you for all the great moments enjoying your marvellous pictures and your pleasant comments. I hope to keep enjoying with a lot more from you during the coming year.
Have a great Night and may 2008 will bring you great moments and lots of Happiness!!
With my best wishes
Maite

P:)

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