This is a lubber grasshopper which is a native grasshopper here in southeast United States. They are quite colorful and can grow large to about three inches. They are usually my nemesis in the garden, but this one was so cooperative and a great model I had to get an image of him/her.
Canon 40D
EF 24-105mm with Kenko extension tube
F/4.5
1/125
ISO 200
