Helpful Posts: Visited the Walter Sisulu botanical gardens on Thursday morning and spotted this wee chappie enjoying his breakfast.
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Thread: Locust and breakfast
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10th December 2016, 07:14 AM #1
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Locust and breakfast
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10th December 2016, 07:44 AM #2
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Re: Locust and breakfast
Nice shot.
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10th December 2016, 07:55 AM #3
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Re: Locust and breakfast
Beautyful colours, sharp and nice.
Maybe I'd crop closer to the locust.
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10th December 2016, 08:15 AM #4
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Re: Locust and breakfast
Now that's what I call good Neil.
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10th December 2016, 10:05 AM #5
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Re: Locust and breakfast
Good capture Neil. I wonder why nature has added the red colouring.
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10th December 2016, 02:29 PM #6
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Re: Locust and breakfast
So sharp. Great image.
Dave
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10th December 2016, 05:49 PM #7
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Re: Locust and breakfast
Very nice and sharp image of an interesting critter
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10th December 2016, 07:38 PM #8
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Re: Locust and breakfast
I have to agree with all of the above.
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10th December 2016, 10:00 PM #9
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Re: Locust and breakfast
That's a great photo, Neil. I researched the grasshopper and think it's a foam grasshopper (Dictyophorus spumans). It's insect #5 on this site: http://scribol.com/environment/anima...ects-on-earth/ It protects itself when threatened, to paraphrase the referenced site, by secreting a 1 meter-sized, nauseating chemical stench "umbrella" around itself. My guess is that its red markings are to make itself know to predators. (Toxic and "nasty" insects are sometimes very vividly-colored.) It's a good thing you didn't disturb its breakfast!
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10th December 2016, 10:02 PM #10
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Re: Locust and breakfast
Marvelous combination of colour, Neil!
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11th December 2016, 03:11 AM #11
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Re: Locust and breakfast
Excellent!
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11th December 2016, 03:23 PM #12
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Re: Locust and breakfast
Really nice
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