The Mexican Generals (the big black and yellow and orange grasshoppers) are starting to show up since the rains have slowed down. I’m not seeing very many in our yard this year, or on the roads, where they sometimes make a crunchy blanket. I’m not sorry, as one year, they ate up the leaves and new buds on our rose tree.
If those are the generals, I guess this guy must be a foot soldier. Or maybe the prototype for the Smiley Face emoticon! ;->
If you click on his face, he will get slightly bigger and you can see his toenails!
Adventures of Dorrie Anne 
I hate to call this guy “ugly”, but he isn’t very attractive!
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Really! He was just the plainest insect that I have seen around here. He reminded me of a big grouper fish, but he was really tiny. Usually insects are so very intricate and colorful, but this guy definitely looked like a “grunt” in the Army!
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I believe that is a photo of a Chihuahua lubber grasshopper. I was noticing the horse lubber grasshoppers (colloquially known as Mexican Generals) last month, but they never appeared in the large numbers that we’ve seen them in previous years.
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He would have disappeared in the sand because of his coloring, but he stood out in the green deck railing.
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Too funny! Good pic. . .I think he is posing for you! All that is missing is a caption!
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He scampered off right smartly at the end of the “photo shoot”! I wonder how long such a small creature lives. So many intricate parts. Look at those nifty knees!
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You always get the greatest pictures!!!!!!
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Ain’t he cute?
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wow!!! very nice!
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Thank you – and my bug thanks you!
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so cute
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Looks like he is smiling to me. ;->
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Looks like a man with a mission lol
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He had important “stuff” to do, that’s for sure. For such a limited lifespan, even the tiniest of bugs seem to be so intricate. That always fascinates me.
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Ewwwwwwwwww
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He was really kind of cute in his own way.
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