a two-striped grasshopper melanoplus bivittatus fourth instar nymph perched in dense vegetation

acrididae agriculture animal antennae arthropod bivittatus bug camouflage closeup colorado conservation creature dense detail ecology entomology environment field fourth grasshopper ground habitat horizontal insect insecta instar invertebrate jump macro melanoplus natural nature nymph one orthoptera outdoors outside perched pest pronotum season small species summer terrestrial twostriped vegetation wild wildlife