I am no expert on grasshoppers, we hear them singing here on summer nights, and when we mostly see them they jump out of the way pretty quickly. And they are usually brown. This one was different… bright green.
After perusal of our Insects book, I decided he was a Leptophyes Punctatissima from the Katydids family of bush crickets and long-horned grasshoppers. Except his horns were short, as if he’d had an accident. He was the only bright green grasshopper in our book and, apart from the shorter antennae, he was identical to the photograph. Below is what Leptophyes Punctatissima looks like, according to Orthoptera,com.


5 to remember
un/una expert/a – an expert
el saltamonte – the grasshopper
normalmente – usually
el examen – the perusal
como – as if
Great shot!
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Thx Cindy! SD
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I like that green color 🙂
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Yes, a very sunny green. SD
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¡Ay, qué verde!
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Bueno 🙂 SD
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“Katy lies, you can see it in her eyes”
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🙂 SD
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nice clicks!
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Thx Madhu 🙂 SD
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