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I discovered this hayhorse in an oleander bush. The green colouring of the insect was a good camouflage in the leaf green of the oleander. The animal crawled from one leaf to another. The filigree legs and the delicate wing veins are easy to recognise. The strong close-up shows many more details, such as the eyes, the armour or the legs.

Macro shot of a giant long-legged katydid, a leafhopper and the largest type of grasshopper.

very green grashopper sitting on a leaf after a heavy rainfall

Grasshopper eating leaf and looking at camera - animal behavior.

SAO PAUL0, SP, BRAZIL - APRIL 30, 2011 - Grasshopper sighted in Atlantic Forest in the urban area

white banded grasshopper close up in nature. Agricultural pest Grasshopper or locust sitting on the grass

A green grasshopper (Mecostethus parapleurus) sitting in the grass, sunny day in autumn, Vienna (Austria)

Green grasshopper in Termessos National Park

Katydid on a Leaf, Drake Bay, Costa Rica

$Umbria, Italy:\nTettigonia viridissima$

Female of a speckled bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) on a leaf

$Description:\nAdult wart-biters are 31–82 millimeters, with females being significantly larger than males. They are typically dark green in colour, usually with dark brown blotches on the pronotum and wings (a dark brown morphotype also occurs). The female has a long and slightly up curved ovipositor.\n The wart-biter has a song consisting of a rapidly repeated series of short bursts of clicks, sometimes lasting for several minutes.\nWart-biters normally move about by walking; they rarely fly, except when frightened. Most can only fly 3 to 4 meters at a time.\nHabitat:\nThe species is found in calcareous grassland and heathland habitats.\n\nDiet:\nThe species is omnivorous. Plants eaten include knapweed, nettles, bedstraws; the species also eats insects, including other grasshoppers. \nLife cycle:\nThe wart-biter lays its eggs in the soil; these eggs normally hatch after two winters. It then passes through seven instar stages between April and June. The adult stage is reached in the beginning of July. Wart-biter populations peak in late July and early August. Newly hatched Decticus are encased in a sheath to facilitate their trip to the soil surface, the sheath holding the legs and antennae safely against the body while burrowing upwards. A neck which can in turn be inflated and deflated, enlarges the top of its tunnel, easing its passage upwards.\nStatus and distribution:\nThis species occurs throughout continental Europe, except the extreme south, ranging from southern Scandinavia to Spain, Italy, and Greece. It is also found in temperate Asia, as far east as China. Geographic features such as mountains have fragmented the species, leading to a wide range of forms and numerous subspecies.\n\nConservation:\nThe population of wart-biters has declined in many areas of northern Europe. In Britain and the Netherlands, it is threatened with extinction (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.$

Grasshopper Rainbow Milkweed Locust or Rainbow Bush Locust (Phymateus saxosus), Endemic colorful insect, grasshoppers of the family Pyrgomorphidae. Anja Community Reserve, Madagascar wildlife animal.

Differential grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis) on corn husk in afternoon sunlight, late summer/early fall. Though a native North American species, people call it a pest because it can greatly damage crops. Others admire its adaptability. Still others point out that it feeds birds and other wildlife when its numbers rise. Taken in a Connecticut cornfield.

Milkweed locust (Phymateus spp.) on a plant, South Africa

Leptophyes punctatissima Speckled Bush-Cricket Nymph Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Obscure Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca obscura) on a Crepe Myrtle tree at night in Houston, TX. Native species throughout the USA.

Grasshopper climbing green bitten leaf - animal behavior.

A group of brown grasshoppers (Aiolopus strepens) sitting on the ground, sunny day in Cres (Croatia)

Striking Macro Image of Green Cricket Highlighting Delicate Features

Leaf impersonating bush cricket (Katydid) in Costa Rica.

Common Predatory Bush-cricket (Saga pedo) is found from the Iberian Peninsula to West Siberia and is very widespread in Europe. It is wingless bush cricket, with the body size of up to 12 cm (4.7 in), which makes it one of the largest European insects and one of the world's largest Orthoptera (grasshoppers). This species is listed on annex IV of the EU Habitats Directive. It is therefore strictly protected in the European Union and monitoring is implemented

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