leafy grasshopper

I had to do a double take when I saw this guy land on a post. Totally thought it was a leaf.

[john morley]

wonderous..fav

[Suse♡]

Woe, amazing focus here

[Lxxx]

Wow, awesome shot!!!

[Jasper]

Well camouflaged!

[Debbie]

Wow.
. It really does look like a leaf. Great shot

[kali]

we have those, they are tiny at the moment, they make the most exquisite little chirps in the evening but eat holes in rose buds

[Susan]

See why, looks like a leaf. Great focus, cute critter

[Milanie]

Wonderful focus - he really does look like a leaf.

[Ian JB]

wow lovely image

[AmyJ]

He's kinda cute!! And I never say that about insects....

[Krista Marson]

@kali66 I had to look it up when I got home and learned that there are over 6,000 species of leafy grasshoppers : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tettigoniidae. Crazy!

[Deb]

Wow, nice catch.

[Helen K]

Cool! Great capture.

[Irene]

They are amazing insects

[Stephanie Swift]

Wonderful colour, texture and detail, fav.

[belinda]

Great close up and detail