Not just a dried twig

[Prajwal J Ullal]

ID: Juv Grasshopper

Was driven towards some intriguing movement along the tips of a small bush, on close observation it turned out to be a bunch of tiny grasshopper nymphs/juv which were pushing themselves to the tips of the branches, almost mimicking the tip of a dead twig. These beauties seemed very unique with armour like back and tiny, yet upright, antenae.

EXIF:
Canon 550D
Canon 100mm macro
F/13
Shutterspeed 1/125
ISO 800
handheld, external flash fired

Location: Nagla

[Mrudul Godbole]

Amazing textures and colours on their body. They are so well camouflaged to protect them from predators. Agree the skin look like an armour :). Good details. Thanks for sharing.