A Painted Grasshopper_Poekilocerus pictus

[Anil Kumar Verma]

Dear Friends,

Wishing you a very happy Ganesh Chaturthi...

It was a holiday & an usual trip to Yeoor range of Sanjay Gandhi National Park to start the day. Green grass has started to turn yellowish. We are approaching end of monsoon season & all juvenile painted grass-hoppers have turned adult. Last year could see one of them with the molt.

This young specimen presented itself in full glory with some water droplets of rains left below. These are seen in large nos. in Yeoor, feasting on milkweed plant & basking in Sunlight.

Hope you like & enjoy it.

EXIF : Canon 550D, Tamron 90mm VC, f/16, Tv:1/100, ISO:1600, Natural Light , PP in LR 5.7, Full Frame

Regards/ Anil Kumar Verma

[Mrudul Godbole]

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to you and your family.

Loved the clours. Seems like it was posing for you ☺. The narrow aperture f16 has helped to get more depth of field. Nicley captured. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Beautiful. I like the composition and the colours. The shape of the leaf has also come out well. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi