Thursday is Butterfly Day and Insect Day Giveaway- Week 46

Hi everyone! Welcome to Thursday is Butterfly Day and Insect Day Giveaway- Week 46! Many thanks to all who have joined the Insect Pub Community! If you would like to join, please do the following:

1-Click on this link: https://beta.steemit.com/trending/hive-100514
2-Log in with your Steemit name and posting key.
3-Subscibe to Insect Pub Community.

Gather around the Insect Pub to see butterflies and other insects from around the world, and to make new friends. Post your butterfly and other insect photos, or artwork for a chance to win Steem Basic Income units. A minimum of 2-SBI will be given away: 1-SBI for artwork and 1-SBI for photos. If no artwork is submitted, 2-SBI will be given away for photos. Entries will not be judged and winners are chosen at random. You have 6 days for entries in this post and then a new one will begin. Thanks so much for all of your wonderful entries which I continue to enjoy. The 4 winners for Week 45 are: @prostosun, @barbara-orenya, @sarimanok, and @annephilbrick. Congratulations!

Here are the rules for the Giveaway.

1-One submission per person per week.
2-All photos and artwork must be your own work. Photos and artwork from the internet will not be accepted.
3-NEW!- Use hive-100514 for your first tag if you want your post to be listed in the community. Use #butterflyday or #insectpub as your second tag.
4-IMPORTANT! You MUST put the link of your post in the comments below to be entered in the giveaway.
5-Upvotes to this post are NOT required.

I am looking forward to your entries!

Here are my photos for today of a Grasshopper.

Grasshoppers belong to the order Orthopetra and there are over 11,000 species worldwide. This one is the Differential Grasshopper.

The information provided is about all grasshoppers in general except when specified. Females are longer than males and their size depends on the species. They use their long hind legs for jumping and have string-like structures located in their knees which catapults them 10 inches high in the air. Grasshoppers have wings and they do fly.

All grasshoppers have a large appetite and can do some serious damage to crops. It is estimated that they do billions of dollars of damage to crops every year.

Differential grasshoppers eat tall grasses and ragweed which is a good thing for allergy sufferers.

Grasshoppers spit a brown liquid as a defense mechanism. Some call it tobacco juice because they are known so well for their destruction of tobacco crops. The main predators of all grasshoppers are birds, rodents, large insects, lizards, snakes and monkeys.

Look at how well it blends in with the grass; nature's camouflage.

Thanks for stopping by!

All photos are my own.

Information Source: softschools.com, insectidentifcation. org

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