This photo was taken by myself on Inkonka Game farm, Limpopo South Africa, and shows a pair of Phymateus Viridipes more commonly known as African Bush Grasshoppers, Vertically clinging to the bark of a resident acacia tree while mating. (no, the small grasshopper is not getting a piggy-back ride...)
Here is a bit more information about the characteristics of these insects in an exert from a Wikipedia page.
"It is about 70 millimetres (2.8 in) long at maturity and capable of long migratory flights. Its body and fore-wings are green in colour while the hind-wings are bright red and blue, presenting a striking appearance in flight.
The pronotum, or dorsal area immediately behind the head, is covered in spines or carbuncles which are often tipped with red." ~ source
Nice work brother. Keep it up
thank you
There are so many amazing creatures in nature. This grasshoper is one of them. Nice post, @breezin
Thank you Amadea, yes nature is full of gorgeous little surprises, thank you for stopping by.
I honestly find them very fairy pretty love their colours and those reddish dots
oooooohhhh its a Yidneth! Missed you lady bug!
They are very beautiful in their own way, I'll give them that. But they can be very destructive as well... Its a double edged sword I guess.
They are indeed beautiful, we had locusts in the canary islands, so we know how destructive they can be too.
I have gone nowhere, I post slowly (as slowly as ever) that's all :) ahhahha :) but I've lost track a bit of people because besides my own server I don't discord often anymore.
And by the way missed you too, still having mango cravings hahaha :)
hope everything is well now that we're living these strange dysfunctional times