A fine specimen
This rather fine, and huge specimen suddenly flew up in front of me and then, fortunately, settled on a fence post to have his picture taken.
Hoppers
In the undergrowth
I doubt it would qualify as a 'nature walk' - 25 metre detour down a dead-end path at the back of Calahonda beach - but it was an interesting diversion. The were lots of Wall Brown, Small and Large White butterflies ...
A very large hopper
I was walking down the Frigliana road in Nerja when I noticed this guy on a tree - could hardly fail to notice it really, it was around 7 to 8 cms long from head to the tip of his ...
My, what big eyes you’ve got
An adventurous little grasshopper was taking a stroll down the street, even contemplating crossing the road.
Grasshopper
It hopped (well, leapt) and has short antenna, ergo a grasshopper of some variety. There were dozens of them leaping about in the undergrowth and it was not possible to get a more distinctive shot on this occasion. Shy beasties.
Hopper
I may possibly have looked a little weird ('may' being somewhat of an understatement and 'possibly' being my perpetual sense of optimism) as I stretched out on the pavement to try and get a close-up shot of a small hopper. He ...
