Baby Grasshoppers

[deetheturk]

A few images of Baby Grasshoppers, there are loads here at the moment all different shapes and sizes, #2 i think is from the dark side bit of a Darth Vader look going on C&C Welcome.


#1


#2


#3


Cheers David...

[Shadowman]

Very nice.

[bnnrcn]

How big are these David? #2 has long antennas , so may be it is not a baby

[deetheturk]

Cheers John

[Kaye Leggett]

great shots

[Geoff F]

I can't place these, David; possibly more southern species than we get in the UK.

The first and last look a bit like nymphs of the Mottled Grasshopper (Myrmeleotettiz maculatus) but that is just a thought.

#2 is some form of cricket, and an adult male judging by the rear end, but I can't even suggest anything in the way of identification from my books.

[deetheturk]

Hi Binnur, #1 and #3 were about 10-15mm and #2 about 15-20mm, maybe you are right bud, I thought that it being small and there are babies everywhere that it too was a baby?

[deetheturk]

Thank's Kaye

[deetheturk]

Cheers Geoff, thanks for the i.d, there are loads here at the moment but i have never seen one like this (#2) before!

[John 2]

Nicely done - nice and sharp. I particularly like no.2.

[deetheturk]

Cheers John, thank's for commenting!

[bnnrcn]

#2 looks like a terrorist with guns and bombs rather than a grasshopper

[zkogut]

Those images are freaking sweet. I'm kinda jealous.

[David547]

Brilliant shot ! nice picture...

[AB26]

Always a pleasure looking at your work.