| ? ? ? Try to find the grasshopper on this photo! ....................... !  looking closer ... this grasshopper shits on the lily  ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo my lily laughs at human follies ... wha ha ha haa  ! ! ! ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo  another story not fully told ... see what I mean ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo about two hours later, same lily the Wedding Party  grasshoppers  even doing it upside down  who is who ?  Visitor taking a good look !  - THE END - |
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Start from here with the details
. . . PHOTO ALBUM till Nr. 08
and then WEDDING PARRY till Nr. 13
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My friends carried on for quite a while until dark, so I checked a bit on the mating habits of grasshoppers:
Elaborate courtship routines are performed by males in some species. The American grasshopper Syrbula admirabilis displays 18 individual poses using its wings, legs, and palps. Males of other species may wave brilliantly colored wings when wooing the female, while other species forego courtship altogether.
Mating occurs when the male lights on the female's back and may last anywhere from 45 minutes to well over a day. In the species Extatosoma tiaratum, a female mates with several males. Most of the sperm in her genital tract from the first suitor is replaced by the sperm of her next mate.
Males therefore mate many times with the same partner and other females to gain the maximum opportunity to pass on their genes.
Males of some species die shortly after mating.
The females die after egg-laying, which may last until cold weather begins.
source : Grasshoppers - Courtship And Mating
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oh these humans -
I can only scratch my head
in wonder
source : www.dailymail.co.uk 2011
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long-horned grasshopper (Platyphyllum concavum,
some sources quote: Gampsocleis buergeri)
Grasshopper, a KIGO
. . . Read my Haiku Archives
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Lovely and funny photo!
ReplyDeleteThey are all GREEN!
Gabi
ReplyDeletei don't know if its because i woke up on a high, but i read a lot in this Haiku.... as Lily is often associated with death, i can see whoever like to jump and hop and enjoy life 'shit' on the lily.... or am looking too closely....
i also love the following wich the accompanying picture... it actually needs the picture to make sense, but the angle make it look so much like vocal chords...
another story
not fully told ...
see what I mean
(gabi)
amicalement
S. B.B.
beautiful photos!
ReplyDeletelooking closer ...
this grashopper shits
on the lily
(GG)
I like this haiku, Gabi! nice contrast (lily/shit)
Thanks for visiting, my friends!
ReplyDeleteI added a bit on the mating habits for further information.
GABI
It's amazing photos, Gabi! Only one biological question:
ReplyDeletedid the grasshopper jump together? Or the female catapults the male by its jump?
It could be very funny (jumping) love!
T. (whc)
Yes, a really wonderful series, Gabi. I'm amazed at the clarity of your close-ups.
ReplyDeleteL. (whc)
the grasshopper
ReplyDeleteon the lily leaf --
goes green
Hahahaha... poo-hop poo-hop... a poohopper
Gabi san, great picture!!
Ciao... chibi
Wow, Gabi!
ReplyDeleteWhooo! Those grasshoppers could write a page in the Kama Sutra! Phenomenal photos and a wonderful haiku series!
Thank you for that!
ME.
...ah well...doing the plant a favour, really. Fertiliser!
ReplyDeleteL.A.
Enjoyed, Gabi san!
ReplyDeleteMA.
beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteA.G.
Wonderful series of pictures...a great smile for me on this stormy day. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteB.T.
Fun to be such voyeurs, Gabi. And clever ku to match the moment.
ReplyDeleteME.
Educational and fun, Gabi...
ReplyDeleteL.C.
Thank you for all the truly fascinating information, Gabi. The poor males' fate gives a new meaning to post-coital tristesse. A lot of male insects are just sperm carriers, aren't they? You've got to hope they enjoy their brief moment. This is not a path I want to go too far down.
ReplyDeleteI really like both of these, Gabi. Love the joy of the wedding party.
Just thought I'd alert you to that persistent typo 'grashopper'. It distracts a little from these lovely things.
The following is my tame offering. Lacks the vigour of each of yours.
day's end
grasshoppers mating
behind a leaf
Jo
The things you learn here ...
ReplyDeleteMy take:
all day party...
the grasshoppers
still mating
A.
Great stuff Gabi. Like peeping toms we are!
ReplyDeleteBAS
They looks really happy ;-)
ReplyDeleteM.