Two Striped Grasshopper, Melanoplus bivittatus by Carol Rollins

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08-SEP-2007	ŠCarol L. Breton

Two Striped Grasshopper, Melanoplus bivittatus

Chiricahua Mountains, SE Arizonia

I saw this beautiful grasshopper in the Chiricahua Mountains yesterday. BugGuide has a photo of
this far-ranging and variable species, also from Arizona, that has a similar color pattern.

Canon EOS 20D ,Sigma 28-300mm F3.5-6.3 DG
1/250s f/5.6 at 247.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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Steve Morris		20-Nov-2010 18:21
Beautiful shot!BV

Guest		02-Oct-2007 03:38
fantastic composition and colors!

Guest		11-Sep-2007 20:42
Wow, that's a colourful fellow. Never seen anything quite like it.

Simon Chandler		11-Sep-2007 05:11
Lovely. The colors of the subject is very unique. v

Bryan Murahashi		10-Sep-2007 06:30
Great shot of this alien looking grasshopper. V

Char		10-Sep-2007 01:48
Hi Carol, This is a wonderful capture! \/

Guest		10-Sep-2007 00:37
Carol that is one cool looking hopper.Will you send me one.Please

Chad Ramsey		09-Sep-2007 20:45
Wow, how strange! You sure you didn't color this one?! lol Great shot! V

Guest		09-Sep-2007 20:13
What a unique and beautiful grasshopper! Looks like he has a custom paint job! V

Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography		09-Sep-2007 18:30
Fantastic image, Vote :)

Jola Dziubinska		09-Sep-2007 17:26
Excellent macro find :)

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