The Variety Collection
My images in this gallery are used in other galleries or for elements of the website, but please do feel free to browse/shop it if you are curious. You will find a large potpourri of my photography in this collection with image subjects ranging from urban to wilderness.
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A Purge on the Purg
These guys are huge (at least 2 in/5 cm) and were quite numerous around the bunkhouse we stayed at on our trip down to SE Colorado ranches along the Purgatoire River.
This is the largest grasshopper species in Colorado, the Plains Lubber, and they sure are colorful but are unable to fly. It seemed they all were at the end of their life cycle dying in droves. And when one died another two would eat it. I may post a shot of that behavior later on, hah.
InsectGrasshopperNatureColoradoSECOMack BunkhouseMacroOrthopteraBrachystola magnaBrachystola magna Girard2007Southeast ColoradoMichael Menefee
