What a handsome fellow! Having (barely) survived our cat chasing a hay horse (an alternative name for a Grashüpfer / grass hopper in German) through our living room yesterday I took your title literally at first and marvelled at the patience of your cat. 🙂 Of course, I soon realised that it wasn’t a cat’s tail you were talking about, I know this plant as a bullrush.
Ohh! Your camera caught one too. 🙂 But yours is much greener than mine. I wonder if mine was really a locust.
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Good question. Don’t even think about locusts often but you may be right. 😊
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Great shot Irene 🙂
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Thanks! It was a very cooperative grasshopper. Not many like that around. 😉
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Must have a full belly lol
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That was my thought as well. 😁
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Wow, fabulous shot, Irene!
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Thank you, Eliza. 😊
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Such beauty if we look very close! Gorgeous, Irene!
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Thanks, Terri. 😊
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Great photo. There seemed to be more grasshoppers than usual this year in my backyard, but they never sat still long enough to photograph.
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Yes, they are super quick. Really surprised this one stayed long enough for me to click. 😉
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what a great shot! 🙂
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Thanks! I wish I could do it again. 😁
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I tried so many times to photograph a grasshopper and they always jumped before I got one! Challenging insect, great job & awesome shot, Irene!! 🙂
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I’ve tried several times since taking this shot and have not succeeded again. Just clicked at the right time, I guess. 😊
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Bugs have such interesting contrasting markings.
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Definitely nothing boring about them at all. 😊
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Lovely colours on this grasshopper Irene!
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Thanks, Pete. It certainly does have some nice variations on green. 😊
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What a handsome fellow! Having (barely) survived our cat chasing a hay horse (an alternative name for a Grashüpfer / grass hopper in German) through our living room yesterday I took your title literally at first and marvelled at the patience of your cat. 🙂 Of course, I soon realised that it wasn’t a cat’s tail you were talking about, I know this plant as a bullrush.
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That is too funny! Don’t think an actual cat would stand for that at all. 😁 I’ve never heard it call a bullrush but apparently it is the same thing.
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