Semi-pioneering, home educating family of three living on 7 acres in the MidWest. These are the mom's thoughts/ramblings about our life, spirituality and whatever else pops up. :) Please feel free to post comments and/or questions. I will get to them as soon as I can. We would love to hear from anyone who is reading along here.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Grasshopper Wings!

We have so many grasshoppers flying around. It is amazing. I kept thinking they were butterflies because I would see this color strip on their wings. Plus, duh, I never knew they flew! I cannot believe I am admitting this, but I always thought they just jumped. Never mind that they had wings! LOL

I managed to catch one and had my son hold the wings open so I could get a picture. Here it is:
They are actually quite striking. They really catch they eye and they are everywhere. I can see them easily when they are flying. On the ground, however, they are VERY well hidden!

Here is a close up of the wing:







4 comments:

Christine Wolfer said...

Woah! Cool...I've never seen grasshopper wings before. Thanks for sharing.

Abigail said...

I did not, either! It is so awesome to be able to take pictures and then blow them up to see more closely! I love it!

HisKid In Flag said...

when i came out of work today, i went to my car and opened the back door to put my stuff in the backseat. something landed on my ankle and i looked down and it was a grasshopper. i said to myself, "Abi says these guys have wings, but i sure can't see any wings. I kind of nudged at him and he seemed like maybe he was sick or something, so i nudged him gently again, and he took off with a great leap (which i've always known they do) but then he FLEW, with those wings with a white border!!! How did i get to be 61 years old and not know that grasshoppers have wings? and thanks to you now i know. i probably would have missed the revelation if your blog hadn't alerted me!!!

Abigail said...

Hey, my friend!! Waving at ya!!

Whoa...now you can say you heard it (well...read it) here first! *giggles*