Carol DM
I was out walking around in the yard after many thunderstorms over the last few days. Part of a tree was blown down. Not too bad. And I saw this grasshopper perched on the fence. I managed to get a few shots of him before he hopped away. Amazing at the little things you miss if you are not looking. This is why I always have my camera with me. More rain headed this way but that is ok. Others have had a lot of wind damage.
I learned a few things about the grasshopper. The female grasshopper lays an egg pod that contains a couple of dozen grasshopper eggs in late fall to early winter, depending on the area. The female grasshopper inserts her egg pod into the soil so that it is a couple of inches underground. The grasshopper eggs can take up to 9 months to hatch as they wait until the weather has warmed before breaking into the outside world.
When the first baby grasshopper (known as a nymph) hatches out of its egg, it tunnels through the soil and up to the surface, and the remaining grasshopper nymph follow. As they get older, the grasshoppers will increase in size until they are adults. The grasshopper only remains in this stage (young and adult) for a few months before it dies meaning that most grasshoppers spend the majority of their lives inside an egg. Amazing facts I did not know.
Have a great Friday everyone.
©CarolDM2018
365 Photos Challenge Day 226
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Do you have grasshoppers in your yard or garden?
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Did you know that most grasshoppers spend the majority of their lives inside an egg?
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I didn’t know that either! Amazing and detailed capture!
Glad to know you learned something, thanks.
Thank you for a very educational poll. I didn’t know that the egg pods stayed underground until the eggs hatched.
You are welcome, I had no idea either. Nature is so cool to learn about.
Wooooow! Thanks for the trivia right there! 🙂
Thank you for commenting.
This is really scary
Scary? It shouldn’t be, he is just perched on my fence.
The mine is a source of protein in human nutrition in the near future!
Thank you for your comment.
I like grasshoppers. They are huge here in rains
Well that is great to hear!
I like grasshoppers. In rainy season, I can spot many grasshoppers in the surrounding area.
Thanks for commenting, they are pretty cool.
I can see where the rain would bring them in.
Great photo. he has pretty color. I did not know that about the eggs, interesting.
Thanks Kim, I love seeing these in the garden.
I also did not know these facts either.
Nice photo. I also learned a lot about grasshoppers. Thank you!
Thanks, he posed for me!
Most insects have a nymph stage. Some have several nymph stages, and molting is involved
Right I know that. I was surprised to learn they spend nine months in the egg before hatching.
that’s a long gestation period, but nothing compared to cicadas…
You are right. And I dread when they come to visit.
Because of the buzzing, or?
Yes the noise drives me nuts.
lol, loved reading this. When I lived in Arkansas we used to find the cicada shells everywhere on tree trunks. What… You don’t enjoy the Shrreeech, wee wee wee, shreeech?
I learned a lot about grasshoppers. Thank you for this interesting information
Well good to hear LaJenna. I learned some things as well.
Great post, always so informative! Wonderful capture, very nice 🙂 I’ve seen some in my grandmothers yard in the past.
They seem to be everywhere this time of the year. I don’t mind them at a distance.
Thanks for your comment!
My dad used to feed them to his birds…
so we used to catch some in a field …
There are gigantic ones who would fly with loud noise …
but are incredibly hard to catch
Oh my gosh! Yes I know bird seat them but I don’t want to see it. 🙂
Some years I will see really big ones that look like small dinosaurs almost.
Also, the cicada locust has a loud, piercing noise and I can’t tolerate those.
Yap, it’s not a pleasant sight even for me… so I tend not to look…
Lol, do take photo and share with us if you see one that huge 🙂
Hmm… not sure what they are, my dad those me a hokkien name for those huge one, but who knows, maybe they’re the same thing
There are many varieties and species.
I’m not a grasshopper fan.. a couple of times they came to me in the apartment. I barely caught them and threw them out.
That is too bad but I understand. Being in the garden so much I have learned who are my friends and who are dangerous. 🙂 I never touch them.
Bugs are not pleasant to me, but I’m avoid to kill them.I always try to catch them and throw them out.Every living being deserves to live ..
Yes that is what I mean by I have learned who are my garden friends.
nice post,than you very much
Nice comment. Thank you very much.
I love grasshoppers they are so cool!
Yes they are Doc. Most are harmless. Some will eat my plants but I love photographing them and getting up close.