Grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids

You can literally feel when they jump out of your hand and they're so adorable

They jump SO high and it's so incredible

And they use so much force that it feels like they lightly flicked you when they were in your hand

Pictures of the two grasshoppers I've seen in the past two days under the cut

Scientific Name: Aidemona azteca Common Name(s): Aztec spur-throated grasshopper Family: Acrididae (short-horned grasshopper) Life Stage(s): Nymph Location: Plano, Texas Season(s): Summer

peeking under tree leaves is one of my favorite ways to find Secret Animals™, and an especially efficient use of your time when there are no flowers and most annual plants are in no condition to be eaten. it's at times like this that i tend to find Cyrtaspis scutata looking all cozy. sleep away, oak shrimp

Day 21 of #junebug2026 is Pink Cricket and Day 6 is Ladybird Spider

#katydid#ladybirdspider@gooberthesquishyartist

Coworker: who stole my thing?

Me:

Tindale's Shield-back and Macrotona Grasshopper (Genus)

Taken: 31st of January 2025