We went to the woods today in search of head-knockers. This is our name for a seedpod on a stem that is the remains of yellow-eyed grass, Xyris ambigua. As we were picking these for a wedding project, I was watching carefully for snakes. What I saw instead was a Rusty Grasshopper, Schistocerca alutacea. The camouflage was just amazing in the fresh pinestraw. (Thanks, IFAS, for all your Internet help with identification!)
Does the grasshopper get glued to a pine seedling too? :)
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