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the inhabitant
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Copyright: Brenda Ailin Segurel (Bass)
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 114 W: 0 N: 126]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (502) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2007-02-28 |
| Categories: Insects |
| Exposure: f/3.5, 1/40 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2007-02-28 21:33 |
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| Points: 4 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Spanish] |
I really don´t know what is the diference between a locus, a grasshopper or a cricket. I was reading a little about them and I think this is grasshopper.
I´m sorry, this wasn´t found while I was walking! I found it on a plant, eating the "morrón" that was growin, and this guy surprise me!!
Here is what I found out about grasshoppers. If you think this is not one, please let me know. I´m learning about them!! thanx!
oh! the picture was taken with Sony Cyber Shot DSC-W30
Grasshopper
Dissosteira carolina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Grasshoppers are herbivorous. 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.
Characteristics: The Caelifera 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
Grasshoppers as food: In many places around the world, grasshoppers are eaten as a good source of protein. Various cultures also use them as medicines, though there are no documented pharmaceutical properties.
(taken from Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper) |
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G'day brenda
I like your composition as it shows a little about the scale of this critter.
DOF could be a little stronger and with more light (such as a fill in flash) would suite similar captures in the future.
TFS Paul
- kessi
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- [2007-03-31 1:14]
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Hi Brenda,
Nice shot of the fellow. He looks like he wants to fight you for his food. I am fairly sure it is a grasshopper. Katydids have long slender antennae. I have found an excellent site on the web where you can have your critter identified. They are really helpful, and have pictures of insects from all over the world. http://www.whatsthatbug.com/
Regards, Irmgard
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Hola brenda, gracias por tu comentario de bienvenida, me alienta ya que solo soy un aprendiz en lo que me apasiona, bonita introduccion y un exelente trabajo fotografico y lo mas importante, somos vecinos(de pais), saludos...