{"id":59417,"date":"2019-08-10T06:25:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T12:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=59417"},"modified":"2024-07-27T16:05:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T21:05:57","slug":"two-striped-grasshopper-photographed-on-showy-milkweed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/08\/10\/two-striped-grasshopper-photographed-on-showy-milkweed\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-striped Grasshopper Photographed on Showy Milkweed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Two-stripedTwo-striped Grasshopper – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Two days ago I was up in a canyon in the Wasatch Mountains<\/span><\/a> looking for birds to photograph when I spotted a hummingbird hovering near a Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa<\/em>) so I stopped my Jeep and waited for a bit to see if the hummingbird would return. While I waited I decided to take a few images of the milkweed even though they are now past their prime and some of the blossoms are wilted. As I photographed the milkweed I was delighted to see a grasshopper on one of the leaves and I took several images of it.<\/p>\n

I researched Utah’s grasshoppers and found out that this is a Two-striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus<\/em>) and even though I may have seen this species of grasshopper before it is a photographic lifer for me. I don’t get to photograph grasshoppers very often here in Utah like I did in Florida so taking images of this one made me happy.<\/p>\n

The hummingbird didn’t reappear so I moved on down the road.<\/p>\n

My trip through the canyon after taking photos of this grasshopper was quiet and peaceful and even though clouds were building up I was able to check out several areas to see how the chokecherries and service berries were doing and scouted several locations that I think might be good for seeing birds feasting on the berries in a week or so. I’ll just need to be at those locations when the light is good, park and wait patiently for the birds to show up.<\/p>\n

I also heard a bull elk calling which is the first time I have heard that bugling call this year. I have never gotten any decent photos of elk in the Wasatch Mountains but perhaps this year it will happen. Who knows?<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my flower, shrub and tree photos. Click here<\/span><\/a> to see my insect and spider galleries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I researched Utah’s grasshoppers and found out that this is a Two-striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus) and even though I may have seen this species of grasshopper before it is a photographic lifer for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1731,7536,26,773,5347],"tags":[6570,6098,4738,3884,7537,6571,6572,5064,1173,7538,4307],"class_list":["post-59417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-summit-county-utah","category-two-striped-grasshoppers","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","category-wildflowers","tag-asclepias-speciosa","tag-blooming","tag-grasshopper","tag-grasshoppers","tag-melanoplus-bivittatus","tag-milkweed","tag-milkweeds","tag-pink-wildflowers","tag-showy-milkweed","tag-two-striped-grasshopper","tag-wildflowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t