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Grasshoppers & Crickets
Summer's musicians — camouflaged in grass and singing in the heat.
Grasshoppers — 16 Photographs
Field Grasshopper
Field Grasshopper
Mottled grey and brown
Orange wings flash as it leaps
Summer's sudden spark
Grasshopper on Grass
Grasshopper on Grass
Orange legs grip tight
Grass blade bends under the weight
Poised for distant flight
Grasshopper Head
Grasshopper Head
Dark round eye surveys
Mottled head among the green
Ancient hearing waits
Pale Grasshopper
Pale Grasshopper
Long antennae probe
Pale straw body reads the air
Meadow's quiet ear
Grasshopper Feeding
Grasshopper Feeding
Mandibles at work
Burr plant yields to patient jaws
Grinding on the sun
Grasshopper on Lichen
Grasshopper on Lichen
Lichen grey and green
Grasshopper becomes the twig
Stillness, a disguise
Green Grasshopper
Green Grasshopper
Pure green in the green
Invisible to all eyes
Except this one lens
Grasshopper on Stone
Grasshopper on Stone
Pale gold on grey stone
Summer warmth moves through the rock
Two warm things at rest
Meadow Grasshopper
Meadow Grasshopper
Red hind legs flex slow
Heather buds frame the still form
Moor-edge musician
Meadow Grasshopper Face
Meadow Grasshopper Face
Tan-brown eyes stare out
Green blade frames the alien face
Stranger from below
Grasshopper at Rest
Grasshopper at Rest
Tan body at rest
Grass blade its whole universe
Chirp is still to come
Grasshopper on Plant
Grasshopper on Plant
Brown-green on brown-green
Plant and insect share one skin
Camouflage perfected
Grasshopper on Bark
Grasshopper on Bark
Bark-brown and tan merged
Lichen patterned like the wings
Who is copying whom?
Grasshopper in Grass
Grasshopper in Grass
Among the grass blades
One blade has eyes, legs and voice
Summer sings itself
Grasshopper on Autumn Leaf
Grasshopper on Autumn Leaf
Green on autumn brown
Summer lingers in this form
Before silence comes
Grasshopper Nymph
Grasshopper Nymph
Young nymph holds the stem
Flowers bloom in summer gold
Small life, bright new world
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