#brown grasshopper

Rufous Grasshopper I grew up thinking that grasshoppers were supposed to be green so these camo grasshoppers always catch my attention. This one was sitting on the bike path at Riverview Park. Their technical name is Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus). Rufous is a not-often-used word that means reddish-brown. The word is only used to describe birds and insects. Personally I don’t think these grasshoppers are reddish brown. I think they are wearing full military camouflage. MWM

Chillin in the garden.