That is excellent. A quick look on google indicates that there are arboreal grasshopper species that feed on leaves, lichens and mosses. -AJ
Will Blozan wrote: > Andrew, > > I often see grasshoppers in hemlock- camouflaged to mimic lichen. Awesome > looking critters. I have a photo somewhere... > > Will F. Blozan > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Andrew Joslin > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENTS] Katydid and grasshopper in white pine canopy > > > Here is some video from a climb with friends in a white pine on the the > north side of the Holyoke Range in south Amherst, Mass.: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S1MDmv0QhQ > > I'm working on the grasshopper ID but no luck so far. We were very > interested to see a grasshopper above 85 ft. in a white pine, what was > it living on? Might be resident in the lower hardwood canopy and just > happened to be passing through. When it jumped it circled and landed > back in the pine, it was in no rush to leave the tree. > -AJ > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
