Painted Grasshopper: Poekilocerus pictus

Painted Grasshopper
Poekilocerus pictus

Painted Grasshopper
Poekilocerus pictus

While checking out a really large sand dune where the Thar desert begins to mingle with thorny scrubland, Sharang spotted this colourful character prancing about on the sun-dried skeleton of an acacia.

 

This set has been clicked by Sharang, my son.

 This one is a mature grasshopper with canary yellow and turquoise stripes on its body, green leathery front wings with yellow spots, and pale red hind wings.

 

Photographed somewhere in Thar Desert abutting into Jodhpur District, Rajasthan, India, in July 2013.

 

Camera used: Nikon D5100 DSLR with AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm VR Lens