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Grass Killer!


Grass Killer!
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Copyright: Babak hendizadeh (timonejoon) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 201 W: 45 N: 222] (758)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-01
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon 30D, Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 II APO Macro Super, Sigma UV
Exposure: f/11, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Tar Lake
Theme(s): Grasshopper & Crickets [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-09-11 7:42
Viewed: 1654
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hi this is another strange face of insects near Tar lake. As i know they have this kind of flap to protect them from heat of direct sun.hope every body like it.

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 colour and behaviour at high population densities are called locusts.

Digestion and excretion
The digestive system of insects includes a foregut (stomodaeum - the mouth region), a hindgut (proctodaeum - the anal region), and a midgut (mesenteron). The mouth leads to the muscular pharynx (which sucks and swallows), and through the esophagus to the crop. This discharges into the midgut, which leads to the malpighian tubules. These are the chief excretion organs. The hindgut includes intestine parts (including the ileum and rectum), and exits through the anus. Most food is handled in the midgut, but some food residue as well as waste products from the malpighian tubules are managed in the hindgut. These waste products consist mainly of uric acid, urea and a bit of amino acids, and are normally converted into dry pellets before being disposed of.

The salivary glands and midgut secrete digestive enzymes. The midgut secretes protease, lipase, amylase, and invertase, among other enzymes. The particular ones secreted vary with diet.

Reproduction

Grasshoppers matingThe grasshopper's reproductive system consists of the gonads, the ducts which carry sexual products to the exterior, and accessory glands. In males, the testes consist of a number of follicles which hold the spermatocytes as they mature and form packets of elongated spermatozoa. After they are liberated in bundles, these spermatozoa accumulate in the vesicula seminalis (vas deferens).

In females, each ovary consists of ovarioles. These converge upon the two oviducts, which unite to create a common oviduct which carries ripe eggs. Each of the ovarioles consists of a germarium (a mass of cells that form oocytes, nurse cells, and follicular cells) and a series of follicles. The nurse cells nourish the oocytes during early growth stages, and the follicular cells provide materials for the yolk and make the eggshell (chorion).
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  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1007 W: 285 N: 3322] (10976)
  • [2006-09-11 7:53]

Hallo Babak,
thank you for posting this hopper from an obviously dry region of Iran. The colours are nice and I feel the heat of this place. Excellent sharpness.
Best wishes, Peter

Hi Babak,
This is a fine close-up with this insect feared by some groups!
Well framed image, with good colours and fine details...
Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2459 W: 168 N: 7421] (23442)
  • [2006-09-11 9:32]

Great shot of this beautifully coloured grasshopper. Very sharp and good colours.
Thanks, Ulla

Hi Babak,
Nice shot on this colorful and well camouflage grasshopper. Very well done that I feel the heat from surrounding. Great composition and sharpness. TFS.
JC

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2597 W: 133 N: 7441] (23193)
  • [2006-09-11 9:52]

Hello Babak,
Great macro study in browns and yellows. What amazing insects you have in your country!
Thanks,
Regards,
Ivan

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  • wuta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 871 W: 2 N: 606] (2034)
  • [2006-09-11 15:13]

Hello Babak , A Beauty grashopper , never seen this colour ,beauty colours pose details and his red eye very good ,Greetings Teunie .

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  • Artur Silver Star Critiquer [C: 43 W: 0 N: 8] (1102)
  • [2006-09-11 18:12]

Hi Babak

this one is amazing ! thanks for posting

I am not sure but I think it might be Pyrgodera armata (Acrididae), one of the many so-called "crested grasshoppers"

the color is very intense compared to a photo that I have, but otherwise very similar

it is considered as a pest, see this site, in Farsi by the way:
http://www.iranwheat.ir/introduction/Pests/wheat%20pests.htm

Art

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2006-09-11 22:44]

Hello Babak

Well saturated colours and a very well composed photo.Good use of lighting.Your POV and DOF are both very good.Good notes too.TFS

Rob

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  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2006-09-13 7:55]

Excelente imagen Babak con gran nitidez y contrastantes tonos como puntos fuertes.
Un buen DOF permite captar en foco al insecto produciendo un correcto trasfondo a pesar del POV.
Buen control de la iluminación también.
Bonita disparo.
Agregué esta imagen a mi Tema de Langostas.
Saludos... Ricardo

Excellent image Babak with great clarity and contrasting tones as strong points.
A good DOF allows to capture in focus to the insect producing a correct background in spite of POV.
Good control of the illumination also.
Beautiful shot.
I added this image to my Theme of Grasshoppers.
Greetings... Ricardo

... later :)

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