Toxic Grasshopper

[riyazi]

Atleast his colours suggest he is Toxic !

Another one for you insect experts out there to ID :)

Shot this in Kurunegala in Sri Lanka with a +4 Close Up diopter on 17-85mm + 40D. Which is the best of the lot ?

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_vacbwou_JHE/SRlvBB57H0I/AAAAAAAAEnA/BggQF4sFRV8/s800/Grasshopper_MG_0641.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_vacbwou_JHE/SRlvDsqBhBI/AAAAAAAAEnI/qprp5E3sftM/s800/Grasshopper_MG_0644.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_vacbwou_JHE/SRlu4o_6hGI/AAAAAAAAEmk/lU7FQegq3Ug/s800/Grasshopper_MG_0636.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_vacbwou_JHE/SRlu62ffZPI/AAAAAAAAEms/aF3zDHA_4X8/s800/Grasshopper_MG_0638.jpg

[LordV]

LOvely captures- suspect you are right about being poisonous
Brian V.

[macro junkie]

LOvely captures- suspect you are right about being poisonous
Brian V.
yer but some insects look poisonous but there really not..this could be one of them cases.:)

[riyazi]

Thanks Brian

Indeed macrojunkie - I was not sure - it might have been displaying colours as a disguise but we kept a very respectful distance anyway :)

[SwingBopper]

Naw this guy just landed briefly in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury.....:lol:
That's certainly an extraordinary bug. I've never seen anything quite like it.
And very nice captures. I like the last one best.

[ajosteve]

I like this guy...beautiful colors! Thanks for opening my eyes to a different world.

[riyazi]

Thanks Steve and thanks Swingbopper for mentioning ur fav :)

[racketman]

should make humans think twice about taking a bite as they are famously suspicious of blue food.

[Mike-DT6]

Nice captures! My favourite is the last one.

I have never seen anything like that before. He looks as if he has been given a banger racing paint job! I'm not sure which team he races for though! :lol:

Mike

:-)