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Here are some shots from our nature walk this past Sunday at Teatown Lake Reservation. Amazing how a forty-five minute amble through the woods with your kids can be the highlight of an entire week. Is the Hudson River School of artists still accepting applications?
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| Up the path |
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| From the middle of a mostly dried-up brook |
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| A little bushwhacking is good for the soul ... and the appetite! |
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| The meadow - full of grasshoppers and crickets |
Our walk spills out into a wide open meadow, full of grasshoppers and crickets. You can't tell from the picture, but they were zigging and zagging every which way - some even seemed to have propellers! Where do they go in the winter? Any ideas?
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That is a good question. Eggs lay dormant for about ten months over autumn and winter, then the Nymph lasts about two months and the adult phase only about 30 days, I would assume over the summer.
ReplyDelete3 months!? I'd be hopping all over the place, too - I guess a grasshopper has to make the most of things! Thanks for the info, Benjamin. :)
Deletei love the sound that crickets and hoppers make, reminds me of summer day coming to an end. Not sure why but it evokes those sort of memories! :)
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