Giant Green Slantface Grasshopper (2/11)

Orthoptera: Acrididae

Acrida conica  

Can you spot the Grasshopper?

If you're looking at the big green thing leaning into the centre of the photo from the left then, okay, well done, you've spotted a grasshopper, but that's not the one I meant.

The big green grasshopper is well camouflaged and they are amazingly difficult to see when you're walking through the grass. Not so difficult in this photo though.

What's a little more difficult in this photo is the brown one on the back of the green one. It's a male of the same species and only grows to about half the size of the female.

Oh, and it's not there because it wants to get carried through the long grass.