Tuesday, March 10, 2015

The Grasshopper

Grasshopper, Via del Porticciolo, Livorno
I took this picture at work: we had a guest on a window sill. My friend Stefano says that it should be an Anacridium aegyptium, but this time even he is not so sure...

External links: Anacridium aegyptium (Wikipedia)

15 comments:

Michelle said...

It looks gigantic!

Tanya Breese said...

he's a biggie!

William Kendall said...

It certainly does look big!

Randy said...

Was that his modeling fee?

Karl said...

A nice guest, VP ! :)
Did he/she pay 1 Euro for a drink?
Just kidding.

Babzy.B said...

beautiful specimen ! :)

Dina said...

Worth enlarging to see even better all those little details on this creature!
VP, your growing fame as a nature photographer must be spreading; now nature is coming to YOU to be photographed. :)

PerthDailyPhoto said...

I think your friend could be correct VP, the markings look quite similar. Super macro.

EG CameraGirl said...

I wonder what it was looking for on a window sill. FIt looks to be quite a big critter.

Fio said...

Costa 1 euro? ;-))

cieldequimper said...

And it wasn't afraid when you put that € beside it?

VP said...

ciel - A heroic colleague of mine did that!

GreensboroDailyPhoto said...

This time of year? Ours are still dormant!

Janis
GDP

Unknown said...

Fantastic close-up!

Gunn said...

What a visitor you got.
(Smart to put the coin next to it, so the size is easy to see.)