WHERE did all the grasshoppers go?
When I was young, many moons ago, the grasshoppers would make waves of flight in front of me as I walked through the yard. There was so many, that at times it seemed they might block out the sun.
That has changed.
It is rare that I see even a single grasshopper. And, if I do, they are not the grand size that I remember. They seem smaller now. Maybe that is a distortion of memory somehow, like I was smaller and they seemed larger. But, I don't think so. I think all of the grand grasshoppers have gone. What is left behind is a miniaturized version of those of my youth.
But today, I did find a grasshopper. A single grasshopper.
I watched him for awhile, made friends with him. We played peekaboo as the time passed.
![grasshopper1-01-01-01.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://s20.postimg.cc/6hslti1l9/grasshopper1-01-01-01.jpg)
And then, as quickly as he came, he was gone. He gave me one last stare just before he took flight, as if to ask...
![grasshopper6-01.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://s20.postimg.cc/yuo3k7ne5/grasshopper6-01.jpg)
Where have all the grasshoppers gone?
All original photos taken with Samsung Galaxy S9+ fitted with my homemade macro lens recovered from an ancient donor Kodak Instachrome.
nice shot. seems lots of critters are disappearing slowly. especially concerning are the bees😐
Every time I see a load of bees now, I rejoice!
I hear ya...
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Wow very very beautiful photography and wonderful.
Thanks buddy!
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Now that I think about it I haven't seen one of those mammoth grasshoppers since I lived down in the river valley, hotter and more humid down there, but it has been a long time since I saw one. Maybe the big ones are getting Monsantoed.
I think we may be past the getting, and we're at the GOT Monsantoed.
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