Will/AJ- With lichen serving as one of the better live 'records' of air pollution, this could be interesting... -Don
> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:16:09 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Katydid and grasshopper in white pine canopy > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_online:082009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
