The tarweed plants are starting to die back for the winter. They are still full of grasshoppers.The next two photos are a few weeks old, but nice camouflage shots.
This guy blended in nicely with the blue-gray leaves. He was close to being ready to make his final molt. You can see his puffy wing pads. His adult wings were are under there.
This one was on my dying tomato plant.
Boy you have a lot of grasshoppers! Are they like chameleons?
ReplyDeleteThis post is like those hunt and find pictures! I sure don't see them on first glance!
ReplyDeletegreat camo shots!! :)
ReplyDeleteCandy, they do change colors, but not "instantly" like a chameleon. They are only able to change colors right after they shed their skin, when the new skin is receptive to the surrounding colors before it hardens.
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