Natural closeup on the common meadow grasshopper, Pseudochorthippus parallelus, sitting on a green leaf
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Natural closeup on the common meadow grasshopper, Pseudochorthippus parallelus, sitting on a green leaf
A long winged "explicatus" brown form of meadow grasshopper, climbing a grass leaf at Holme Fen.
An erythristic (pink) Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
This is actually a common meadow grasshopper, however its standard green colouration has been affected by a phenomenon called erythrism, a mutation which causes this beautiful pink variation.
The mutatation is fairly rare already, affecting about 1% of the grasshopper population, however this is further compounded by the fact that many don't make it adulthood, due to their more conspicuous appearance to predators.
So finding one in the wild is a pretty lucky experience, hence why it's taken me 'til now to get one, but it was bound to happen one day I guess 😅.
Canon EOS R7, Laowa RF 90mm 2:1, diffused Godox V860ii.
Manual handheld focus stack (60 exposures).
Only ever live and unharmed subjects.
©️ Rory J Lewis
Oxfordshire
Adult male Meadow Grasshopper.
Meadow Grasshopper nymph. Also known by the lesser used scientific name 'Pseudochorthippus parallelus'.
Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve at Holme Fen, which is a part of The Great Fen, Huntingdon, UK.
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Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) Pen-yr-englyn 23/07/2024
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Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) Folkestone 02/07/2024
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) Folkestone 02/07/2024
A meadow grasshopper climbing up a blade of grass, at Holme Fen.
2023 - Male Meadow Grasshopper at rest in a Worcestershire woodland.
