August 31, 2022

I am an Eastern Lubber Grasshopper 

I'm only in my second instar

I don't have wings yet, but they are starting to form

But I'm still too young to go drinking in bars.

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Fellsmere

Sources: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/lubber.htm

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson