Hello, everyone. I'm back with another set of insect macros. I've been shooting macro shots of various insects and progressively sharing them with the community, and these images were captured just a few days ago. I'm going to show you some macro shots of a grasshopper today.
Introduction
Grasshoppers are a type of insect that belongs to the Caelifera suborder. They are the oldest living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic period roughly 250 million years ago.
Grasshoppers are ground-dwelling insects with muscular hind legs that enable them to flee from predators by leaping quickly. They do not go through complete metamorphosis since they are hemimetabolous insects; they hatch from an egg into a nymph or "hopper" that goes through five moults, growing more similar to the adult insect at each step. Some grasshopper species can change colour and behaviour and form swarms at high population densities and under certain environmental conditions. They are referred to as locusts in this situation.source
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