Carol DM
Sharing a photo for Saturday’s Critters challenge. This really big grasshopper was perched on my fence right before sunset. I always have my camera while walking around my yard, for these reasons. You never know what you might see.
He was holding on to the fence and being very still. I managed to snap a few photos before he hopped away. They will not hurt you, they eat insects. So they are good to have in your yard. I just don’t want him to hop on me! Keeping my distance.
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Seen grasshoppers in your yard?
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Yes
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No
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Your camera has the best zoom-in lens. What is the magnification on your camera?
How kind of you to say. Funny thing is for this, and a lot of my photos, I use a small Canon PowerShot camera. I only use my larger Nikon and tripod for the hummingbirds.
Here are the specifics of my pocket camera I never leave home without…
Focal Length
5.0-20.0mm f/2.8-5.8 (35mm film equivalent: 28-112mm)
Digital Zoom
4x
Focusing Range
Normal: 1.6 ft./50cm-infinity
Macro: 0.8 in.-1.6 ft./2-50cm (W), 1.0-1.6 ft./30-50cm (T)
Digital Macro: 0.8 in. – 1.6 ft./2-50cm (W)
That’s real good zoom. Normally, it’s only about 2x on the magnification.
I love the fact that you take such good photos, in focus.
Thanks so much for your kindness. I enjoy photography and take my time.
they’re pretty harmless to humans, even when they swarm
Yes they are harmless, I enjoy watching them especially perched like this one.
I used to catch them and they’d spit in my hand
My brother did the same thing.
where did they get chewing tobacco from
This grasshopper has a pinkish cast. The grasshopper is cute for a grasshopper lol.
The color is coming from the sun’s reflection. He is actually brown.
I am very much scared of it
Why are you afraid? They are harmless, I enjoy watching them especially perched like this one.
I love these types of grasshoppers. Not the green ones. When I was young I used to catch them and feed them with grass. They have a strong grasp of something. I had been bitten several times when I tried to bring my finger close to their mouths.
Still love them.
Finally someone who likes them! I have never been bitten, but I never hold them. Good to see you.
This looks very good. You have a great photographic flair for macro.
Thanks! He was posing for me. How kind of you to say.
In macro photos, little creatures sometimes look so big, like monsters. Funny.
Yes they do, this one was only a couple of inches long.
great shot, you have an eye for seeing things moving in your garden!
Thanks Doc. If you want to get good photos you have to keep your eyes open and always looking around!
Thanks. I followed your advice, and posted mama Osprey on MyLot! It took a lot of cropping but I got the image below the limit!
What a beautiful photo of this grass hopper, you give it expression.
Thanks, I was able to get up close and personal.
Grasshoppers sometimes do a lot of damage to my garden. On the other hand, I net them and feed them to my toad and to my turtle. Both of them love the change of diet and the more grasshoppers they eat, the fewer there are to eat my garden plants.
I have heard many say that as well. One year I had a hibiscus on the deck and it chewed the leaves. But other years I have had the same plant and no grasshoppers. Not sure what the difference is.
Around here, it is mostly a matter of numbers. Some years, we have a huge number of grasshoppers and other years we have a lot fewer. When there are a lot, they’ll eat almost anything. If there aren’t as many, they can be more selective.
We have swarms of locust but never grasshoppers.
Most of what we have are “short-horned grasshoppers”, but they can get very large, grow large wings, and for all intents and purposes, become locusts. That usually doesn’t happen here unless there are a lot of them. Right now, most of the grasshoppers I’ve seen have been about 1/4 inch in length, maximum. A couple of years ago, by this time of year, there were already many that were over an inch long and had developed wings. It would only take me about 10 minutes to collect 30-40 for the toad and turtle.
I saw a locust this morning on my terrace. I was pleasantly surprised.
Oh that is cool, I will see those later in the summer.
Have a good evening!
Great picture, dear Carol … even in my garden is a lot of locusts
Thank you dear Lado so much, he posed for me. We will have locusts later in the summer.
Have a great rest of your day!
A nice capture indeed!
Thank you, got lucky!
Have a great rest of your day suny! 🙂
Wow,what a captured, very nice thanks for sharing.
This is why I always have my camera. Thanks.
Have a good rest of your day!
Wow! Love the details!!
It’s a great macro!!!
Thanks, I was gonna post it on Macro Monday but decided to go ahead for today’s critter challenge.
Enjoy the rest of your day!
Thank you, Carol.
Enjoy your day too 🙂