June 9, 2020

Location: Fellsmere, St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park

I am a Marbled Grasshopper, 

I live in Florida and all the way up to the great lakes.

I stridulate and do fancy leg lifts

When I want to impress a mate.

Sources: UFL Entomology Dept - Bandwinged Grasshoppers Subfamily Oedipodinae (page 6) 

Photo and text © 2020 Dee Fairbanks Simpson