a colorful dawson`s grasshopper melanoplus dawsoni perched on dried vegetation in colorado

acrididae animal antenna antennae arphia arthropod arthropoda beautiful beauty bug bugs camouflage close closeup color colorado creature dawson dawsoni dirt entomology environment eyes field garden grass grasshopper ground horizontal insect insecta invertebrate jump legs macro meadow melanoplus nature orthoptera pest pronotum red rocks rocky short summer themes wild wildlife wings