Clinging to the side of one of my large containers was a spur-throated grasshopper nymph! Also known as Melanoplus sp. (nymph), the yellow-orange color of this grasshopper is particularly striking. Notably, this grasshopper appears to be missing its hind left leg, or perhaps it’s well hidden under its body, but that seems unlikely. I wonder [...]
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