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American Bird Grasshopper - Schistocerca americana
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Schimming

American Bird Grasshopper - Schistocerca americana
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
April 4, 2005
Size: 4.5 cm
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 5 April, 2005 - 11:34am
Last updated 18 May, 2008 - 10:41am

Love the shot:-)
This is a nice image in many ways. These grasshoppers (most Schistocerca in fact) routinely take to the trees, as this photo shows.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 April, 2005 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
This shot is a little misleading in that the grasshopper was actually too far up the tree to photograph (which is often the case with this species), so a neighbor pulled the branch down for me. You know these shots do not come without sacrifice...today it was getting tangled in a nearby thorn bush of some sort...I only bled for a little while :).
… Lynette Schimming, 5 April, 2005 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

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