Cannibal Grasshoppers
Date: September 4
Time: 3:33 PM
Location: 7 miles south of Animas, Hildago county, NM
Site: On the road
Weather: Partly cloudy with winds out of the SE at 5 mph
Temperature: 81 F
Other: Scattered rain showers just to the south in the Animas and Peloncillos mountains
Notes: The road was littered for miles with the smashed bodies of countless Lubber Grasshoppers that had been run over. Stopping to get a closer look brought the discovery of live grasshoppers eating the remains of their own kind.
Nature Photography at Ripples of Time
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