Yellow Grasshopper  by dkellogg

Yellow Grasshopper

He’s only operating with one antenna.
He’s still very attractive - a great colour, with lovely patterns. The blue-black rubber mat (I think?) hovering above him looks like a shoe thinking about whether to squash him flat or let him live .. lol.
July 13th, 2024  
Outstanding closeup!
July 13th, 2024  
Excellent focus.
July 13th, 2024  
Excellent detail on your closeup! Out of curiosity I googled his missing antennae...If a grasshopper loses an antenna or leg as a young nymph, the missing appendage is regrown, in part, at the next molt. I don't feel so sorry for him now!! :)
July 13th, 2024  
@bluemoon Thank you Paula. Good information about them growing back an appendage. To be brutally honest, I didn’t feel sorry for the little #&€*!# because they hang around the vegetable garden and damage the plants.
July 13th, 2024  
@dkellogg LOL! Not too many grasshoppers around here (yet) but the mosquitoes are everywhere and relentless!
July 13th, 2024  
Oh my goodness, he looks like he could be plastic
July 13th, 2024  
Neat
July 13th, 2024  
What a find! His color is extraordinary!
July 14th, 2024  
That colour is so intense!
July 14th, 2024  
Great capture! I've never seen a yellow one.
July 14th, 2024  
Such a perfect capture with lovely detail. Is that your foot just about to get rid of it?
July 14th, 2024  
It looks happy enough with one antenna
July 14th, 2024  
Fav. Perfect close up. We see many green grasshoppers here and in my garden but never a yellow one.
July 14th, 2024  
How unique it looks in yellow but everything else seems the same as our brown/green grasshoppers. Excellent shot.
July 14th, 2024  
Nice capture!
July 14th, 2024  
I've never seen a yellow grasshopper.
July 20th, 2024  
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