July 22, 2021

I am an Atlantic Grasshopper

My antenna are twice as long as my pronotum

Oops, Dee's got herself in a bind

Trying to find 

A rhyme for "pronotum" to end this poem!

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Fellsmere

Sources: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/ghopper/spur3.pdf (scroll down to page 59)

Photo and text © 2021 Dee Fairbanks Simpson