Romaleidae

Posted by Alfredo J. Martiz J. (Panama City, Panama) on 14 June 2007 in Animal & Insect.

If someone knows the scientific name of this insect please let me know, I was searching and I think it is from the order Othoptera, family Acrididae!

I Received an email from someone who says that 'It looks like a species of Taenipoda, perhaps T. eques, which belongs to the family Romaleidae, closely related to Acrididae and sometimes included as a subfamily (Romaleinae) within it.' Thank you!
Therefore I changed the title of the photo, but left the first lines of description so you can read what species I thought it was!

Photo from the year 2005, Panama.

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Comments (15)

Manuela Photography from Hainburg, Germany

E X C E L L E N T !
... sorry do not know the name ;)

14 Jun 2007 8:38am

@Manuela Photography: Thank you very much Manuela!

Robin & Maria from bruges, Belgium

beautifull !!!
robin

14 Jun 2007 9:38am

@Robin & Maria: Thank you very much Robin!

QBert from Grand Rapids, United States

Great motion capture, and I love the subtle color.

14 Jun 2007 9:56am

@QBert: Thank you very much QBert!

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Great post processing.

14 Jun 2007 1:25pm

@badala: Thank you very much badala!

Daroru from Amagasaki, Japan

I really like your handling of the colours here, and great DoF effect.

14 Jun 2007 3:19pm

@Daroru: Thank you very much Daroru!

Laurie from Lincoln, United States

I think galls in the genus of "scary" from the family of "really big bugs". Nice shot though! Great details. =-)

14 Jun 2007 4:14pm

@Laurie: Thank you very much Laurie, you made me laugh a lot, =)

aaxan from Paris (temporary), France

great quality. I dont know how to take such pictures like that, please advice me my friend.

14 Jun 2007 5:57pm

@aaxan: Thank you very much aaxan, for some information about the post-processing technique please visit Diane Varner's photoblog and check the about & info section, worth seeing her photos, inspiring!

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

Your work on this image is exemplorary, its quality is top league

14 Jun 2007 9:26pm

@Richard_Irwin: Thank you very much for the kind comment Richard, It makes me feel happy!

Reza from Montreal, Canada

Great capture! like the details and color tone!

14 Jun 2007 9:48pm

@Reza: Thank you very much Reza!

Amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

OUTSTANDING! The selective desat/colour is just amazing! ;-)

15 Jun 2007 12:46am

@Amy: Thank you very much Amy, it was quite a challenge when I was working in the wings, =)

louis D. from Lyon, France

great post processing on colors !

15 Jun 2007 5:30am

@louis D.: Thank you very much Louis!

MaryB from United Kingdom

Oh Wow, stunning :)

15 Jun 2007 8:30am

@MaryB: Thank you very much MaryB!

paperdoll from Panama

simply beautiful, love the beating of the grasshopper's wings, and the way in which you captured it. Very very nice work!
Nathalie dice: "ay mamá! un grasshopper! Q' bonito!" y fue a traer a su abuela para que también lo viera. =)

15 Jun 2007 4:16pm

@paperdoll: Thank you very much Paperdoll, que linda Nathalie, =)

vera from Philippines

very esthetic, well done

18 Jun 2007 1:26am

@vera: Thank you very much Vera!

Michael from TX, United States

WOW!!!
I am a big insect lover...but I have never been able to capture anything like this. The detail is amazing, and I feel like I can almost feel the texture of the exoskeleton.
Were you using a macro lens??

10 Jul 2007 3:32am

@Michael: Thank you very much for the kind comment Michael, when I made this photo I was using a Nikon 18.0-70.0 mm f/3.5-4.5 lens, currently I am using a Sigma 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-6.3 lens, hope this information helps, =)

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