Purple Grasshopper
I was taking a walk with the kids this afternoon when I noticed something fly from the path of my feet. At first I assumed it was a piece of mud, but then I noticed that it jumped again in a most un-mud-like display of determination.
I bent down to find the little purple grasshopper with greenish eyes. Finding this coloration would have been enough to excite me in the summer--finding on in the middle of winter was even more astounding. So I caught the little guy, dropped him inside my glove (it was the only place I could think of keeping him) and then continued on to some stores.
When I got home I put him through a battery of photographic tests... which are shown here.
I bent down to find the little purple grasshopper with greenish eyes. Finding this coloration would have been enough to excite me in the summer--finding on in the middle of winter was even more astounding. So I caught the little guy, dropped him inside my glove (it was the only place I could think of keeping him) and then continued on to some stores.
When I got home I put him through a battery of photographic tests... which are shown here.
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< X Black13 > at 2006-07-14 00:14:37 EST
Good photos, this is the first time I've seen a grasshopper with short antennae, not to mention the colours, and being from Canada, I would never find one in February! Wow.
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< X Black13 > at 2006-07-14 00:14:37 EST 
Good photos, this is the first time I've seen a grasshopper with short antennae, not to mention the colours, and being from Canada, I would never find one in February! Wow.
A purple grasshopper I found in February.
A purple grasshopper I found in February.
A purple grasshopper I found in February.
