Frustration Here, Progress There

The theme at the CB for this week is frustration versus progress. It’s a Druid dichotomy. You choose, frustration or progress. But life, like a good Druid dichotomy is seldom that simple. No.

Frustrated by slow progress with the dern bees, Crumby is making good progress with the dang grasshoppers. Grasshoppers are much easier. Consider that grasshoppers are easy to catch. Often, an average naturalist/photographer may hold the camera in one hand while photographing a grasshopper in the other hand. Like in this example. Eventually Crumby may figure out what kind of grasshopper this is. At this nonce he favors Dichromorpha viridis. Behavioral note: Grasshoppers in the hand try to look cute. This one is also intimating, Pwease don’t eat me, Mr. Cwumby.

Like today though, Crumby suddenly figured out two old CB grasshopper pictures. This is from the winter of 2007, taken with the semi-trusty C5060WZ. For years it’s been on file as “ huge grasshopper”. But now it’s Schistocerca nitens.






This goofy grasshopper was previously featured thusly on this venue. It’s Mermiria bivittata. Can you say, ta-ta?