Showing posts with label オキナワモリバッタ. Show all posts
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Friday, September 9, 2016

GIF of Okinawamoribatta (オキナワモリバッタ) a Grasshopper

animation, GIF, grasshopper, Traulia ornata

Multitasking Critter


This guy was munching away at a leaf out in the rock garden this afternoon.

Meteorology shamans, have been dumping some iffy predictions on the islands.

So, I've been hanging around, doing office things lately.

Staring at computer monitors for extended periods, isn't good for your health.

Every 30 minutes, I go outdoors to look at green stuff; it relaxes the eyes.

Some folks, call it nature therapy but, I need more than that.

While outdoors, I stretch and, do what you could call, nicotine replacement therapy, too.

It looks like everyone has been getting into multitasking, these days, even animals.

Just guessing, that bug seems to be doing several things, at one time.

It's munching on that leave, checking for WiFi signals and, doing some sort of yoga.

Out there, without a camera, I had to run inside and grab something. Here's what it was:

Camera: Pentax K1

Lens: Pentax 300MM

Exposure: f/4.5  1/640  ISO 800

Location: Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan

Date and Time: SEP 9 2016  4:07PM

  

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

3 Images of Traulia ornata: An Okinawa Grasshopper

Traulia ornata okinawensis

オキナワモリバッタ (Okinawamoribatta)

 

 

The Okinawa Mori Batta translates as, Okinawa Forest Grasshopper.

Some people would call it a locust.


grasshopper, red hind legs
 
Waiting for this bug to move, helped identify it.

The bright red on the lower part of the hind legs was a good clue.


grasshopper, head shot

Looking at the grasshopper from many angles, I checked lots of sources.

That way, no scientists can argue with me, when I name the critter.

The photos were all taken with a Pentax DA 50mm F1.8 lens on the K3 camera.

It's starting to look like, buying a decent macro lens, might happen in the near future. 




Resources:

ISBN4-900668-35-4 pages 254-255






 Insects/Spiders of Okinawa by Shawn Miller on Flickr