I was struck by the dark body and bold striping on the grasshopper perched on a fading hibiscus flower. It was also a good opportunity to take a picture of one to compare antenna size relative to a katydid’s. The grasshopper’s feelers are not longer than its body, unlike the epicness of the Meadow Katydid’s antenna.

The grasshoppers are still gorging on my hibiscus, but they don’t take the entirety of each leaf, which leaves the plant at least some photosynthesizing capabilities. I shoo them off, but it doesn’t make much impact.