tt’s humble bushwa

We just made it (nearly)

picture was taken by M.R. (just keyed by me), therefore she maybe helds copyright

Nice african bushhopper, looks rather created by Japanese Manga designer, than a creation of nature. The size was a few centimeters. The picture was taken Dec’06 in Noetzie / Knysna Castle (located here)

For someone like me, grown up with that what civilization has left over from German nature, this nice Caelifera (Kurzfühlerschrecken) looks like a freak of nature. If you see them, it is not too hard to imagine, that they were the main actors of one of the plagues, mentioned in the splatter stories of the old testament (אַרְבֶּה / Exodus 10:1-20).

If you think it is a yucky creature, I will oppose Cmdr. Spock’s most famoust quote: “Fascinating!”

To be complete I also provide a pic of his German colleague:

by the way size was comparable, picture was taken summer’00, Bergisches Land / Germany

References:

• What’s that bug (Grasshoper page), scroll to middle of page for Phymateus Leprosus
  
• Wikipedia: Grasshoper, go to gallery section, look for African bushhopper
• Ingrids Welt: Noetzie, a really nice travellogue!
• Google Maps, showing up where picture was taken

klick to image to see some of the african wild life