I expected to see Charlie sleeping in, not a grasshopper!!!! HA How much would it take to “chamomile” a coyote???
Your sing along brought back sweet memories. We had siberian huskies and we started sing alongs with them and the rottweiler and the chi would throw back their heads and howl too! Fed out souls!
deidre July 20th, 2010 @ 12:01 pm
Shreve…however did you get that shot? Good thing it was a grasshopper (or whatever it is!!!) cuz I can’t imagine you calling your darling baby boy Charlie a jerk and knowing cats as I do I figured it wasn’t Eli…nor could it have been Mike!!!
Heidi July 20th, 2010 @ 12:11 pm
He would, wouldn’t he?
Loretta July 20th, 2010 @ 12:25 pm
I’ve been told they’re like tofu in that they taste like whatever you put on them. Revenge snacking?
Nimbrethil July 20th, 2010 @ 12:49 pm
ROFL.
I was expecting one of the farmily to be the culprit, or possibly Mike.
Awesome shot!! If you could show the back end I could tell you if it’s actually a girl :D
(And it’s sorta hard to tell but I suspect the wings aren’t fully formed? So it’s not even an adult yet! Probably about 1 moult away.)
Farmer Lady July 20th, 2010 @ 1:36 pm
The new, gourmet treat!
Chamomile-fed grass hoppers!
Find out what benefits they provide us, and you could have a new taste-treat to market!
Pop a Hopper and Relax…
You may want to consider adding a turkey to your household. They will devour every single hopper you have… more chamomile for you.
shreve July 20th, 2010 @ 1:53 pm
Farmer Lady ~ HA! you are hilarious.
I’d love a few turkeys. My local farm supply shop had some this spring but they were sold within minutes and I never followed up elsewhere…. now I’m re-inspired! Gobble!
Janey July 20th, 2010 @ 2:55 pm
Farmer Lady just gave us a good bumper sticker, too!
You don’t suppose under the cover of darkness, he invited a few friends over to the Shreve’s All You Can Eat Cafe? Why don’t you pick up Charlie and Elie and point the little jerk out. Of course, if they’re anything like my cats, they’ll look at you with old “You have to be kidding, right. I’d have to be starving before I’d eat a disgusting thing like that.”
Madeline July 20th, 2010 @ 3:36 pm
Ah, this “jerk” was trying to survive like every other living creature.
Jonelle July 20th, 2010 @ 3:41 pm
Is he dead now? ;-)
Renee July 20th, 2010 @ 3:48 pm
Jonelle, LOL…was he dead when Shreve took the pic??! Were you holding him, Shreve?
oh, I”m such a softie he’s still alive, along with the 400,000 others outside. I held him to take the pic and let him free within seconds. he was a great model, though.
Liana July 20th, 2010 @ 4:10 pm
How dare he?
But it really is a great picture! He was born – hatched? – to be in front of a camera.
I bet Charlie will have his fun with all of them, though! Maybe you’ll get the little hopper in another shot, forever freezing his last moments of life as Charlie pounces on him…
a very religious friend of mine was stomping snails on her garden path one morning when i stopped in for tea. She fairly spat out her rage and indignance about their destruction of her flowers. the following week i brought her a snail staue for her garden with a little reminder that god made them as well. I returned a few weeks later to a vision! friend with look of big time disgust filling a bucket with snails and dumping them in the field across the street…ah sweet redemtion! grin
Claudia July 20th, 2010 @ 4:52 pm
Seriously… how in the world did you get that amazing shot!? Awesome!
(at least he was good for something, right? ;)
Tony July 20th, 2010 @ 4:55 pm
Wild turkey’s are like field mice around here, hundred’s of them.
Awwwh, Shreve! I’m glad you let him go. He’s probably telling his buddies about the photo shoot… And no one is believing him! “Sure you ate chamomile and then had a photo shoot, little Jimmy!”
Roxanne July 21st, 2010 @ 5:36 am
Ohhhh COOL! It makes me think of all those drawings of “aliens” I’ve seen.
Colleen G July 21st, 2010 @ 6:45 am
He does look like an alien! Hmmmm, I’m thinking Alien vs. Predator.
He is a very sleeeeeeepy grasshopper now, for sure!
Marg July 21st, 2010 @ 7:50 am
HMMMM, was it his blood you spilled all over your ice cubes? Isn’t “grasshopper” a drink?
mlaiuppa July 23rd, 2010 @ 11:44 am
You’ve got grasshoppers eating your chamomile, I’ve got snails and slugs eating my lettuce.
Seems like no matter where we live, you can’t win.
Now when this happens, I sit down and contemplate God’s plan.
What is it that grasshoppers do that makes them a valuable niche in the ecology so that you can forgive them for eating your chamomile. Chamomile smells great and makes great tea or soap, but it isn’t essential for living. Do grasshoppers contribute something valuable? Do they eat aphids, scale or something we don’t want in our garden? Do they eat weeds? Nope. They seem to go straight to the good stuff.
Snails and slugs? Well, aside from eating snails (which I do not do) I can’t see the value in them. Can’t think of any pest they keep in check or anything they contribute. They don’t seem to eat the weeds. You can’t eat slugs so they contribute even less. I guess birds eat slugs and snails but they eat other stuff too. I don’t own chickens. And the lettuce? That’s salad. That’s food. They’re eating my dinner!
Now I’m not sure what you can do about it. There are organic ways to take care of snails and slugs. But grasshoppers? I’m not sure.
I guess you could hope a flock of hungry seagulls miraculously swoops in from the west and gobbles up all of the grasshoppers.
But I wouldn’t hold my breath.
I have a book somewhere that I consult called “Tiny Game Hunting” about how to combat this exact thing in a nature-friendly way. It’s a great book. I’ll see if I can find it.
We have a million Voles this year on our ranch and they took out my entire veg garden and every single flower I planted! We had a late spring and their population exploded!
July 20th, 2010 @ 10:33 am
Bummer! I guess a guys gotta eat tho’.
July 20th, 2010 @ 10:34 am
You could fry him up and eat him -bet he’d taste of camomile!
July 20th, 2010 @ 10:39 am
Maybe Eli will eat him.
July 20th, 2010 @ 10:40 am
I bet he had the best time of his life! That’s no fun though. Do you have chickens? Would they have stopped him?
July 20th, 2010 @ 10:50 am
haha. I was expecting to see a human who ate all your chamomile. Not a grasshopper! but yes I agree with you. He is a JERK! ;)
July 20th, 2010 @ 10:53 am
WAHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTttTTtTTTTT!!!!!????????
Rad shot!
July 20th, 2010 @ 10:56 am
Mandibles!
July 20th, 2010 @ 11:04 am
He should be getting really sleepy
July 20th, 2010 @ 11:07 am
They are in Sheridan and Johnson counties, too.
July 20th, 2010 @ 11:18 am
For some reason, the image of you calling an evil grasshopper a jerk made me laugh. ;)
Although, I sympathize with you because my cat bit of Jive’s head(s). NOT COOL.
July 20th, 2010 @ 11:19 am
I blame my fingernails. *off
July 20th, 2010 @ 11:20 am
Oooh, look at his beady little eyes, all proud of himself. You can tell he is pure evil! :P
But in all honesty that really sucks, I’m sorry. At least it reminded me I should go harvest some soon from my MIL’s garden, so thanks.
July 20th, 2010 @ 11:46 am
I expected to see Charlie sleeping in, not a grasshopper!!!! HA How much would it take to “chamomile” a coyote???
Your sing along brought back sweet memories. We had siberian huskies and we started sing alongs with them and the rottweiler and the chi would throw back their heads and howl too! Fed out souls!
July 20th, 2010 @ 12:01 pm
Shreve…however did you get that shot? Good thing it was a grasshopper (or whatever it is!!!) cuz I can’t imagine you calling your darling baby boy Charlie a jerk and knowing cats as I do I figured it wasn’t Eli…nor could it have been Mike!!!
July 20th, 2010 @ 12:11 pm
He would, wouldn’t he?
July 20th, 2010 @ 12:25 pm
I’ve been told they’re like tofu in that they taste like whatever you put on them. Revenge snacking?
July 20th, 2010 @ 12:49 pm
ROFL.
I was expecting one of the farmily to be the culprit, or possibly Mike.
July 20th, 2010 @ 1:17 pm
Awesome shot!! If you could show the back end I could tell you if it’s actually a girl :D
(And it’s sorta hard to tell but I suspect the wings aren’t fully formed? So it’s not even an adult yet! Probably about 1 moult away.)
July 20th, 2010 @ 1:36 pm
The new, gourmet treat!
Chamomile-fed grass hoppers!
Find out what benefits they provide us, and you could have a new taste-treat to market!
Pop a Hopper and Relax…
You may want to consider adding a turkey to your household. They will devour every single hopper you have… more chamomile for you.
July 20th, 2010 @ 1:53 pm
Farmer Lady ~ HA! you are hilarious.
I’d love a few turkeys. My local farm supply shop had some this spring but they were sold within minutes and I never followed up elsewhere…. now I’m re-inspired! Gobble!
July 20th, 2010 @ 2:55 pm
Farmer Lady just gave us a good bumper sticker, too!
July 20th, 2010 @ 3:27 pm
You don’t suppose under the cover of darkness, he invited a few friends over to the Shreve’s All You Can Eat Cafe? Why don’t you pick up Charlie and Elie and point the little jerk out. Of course, if they’re anything like my cats, they’ll look at you with old “You have to be kidding, right. I’d have to be starving before I’d eat a disgusting thing like that.”
July 20th, 2010 @ 3:36 pm
Ah, this “jerk” was trying to survive like every other living creature.
July 20th, 2010 @ 3:41 pm
Is he dead now? ;-)
July 20th, 2010 @ 3:48 pm
Jonelle, LOL…was he dead when Shreve took the pic??! Were you holding him, Shreve?
July 20th, 2010 @ 4:02 pm
oh, I”m such a softie he’s still alive, along with the 400,000 others outside. I held him to take the pic and let him free within seconds. he was a great model, though.
July 20th, 2010 @ 4:10 pm
How dare he?
But it really is a great picture! He was born – hatched? – to be in front of a camera.
I bet Charlie will have his fun with all of them, though! Maybe you’ll get the little hopper in another shot, forever freezing his last moments of life as Charlie pounces on him…
July 20th, 2010 @ 4:18 pm
a very religious friend of mine was stomping snails on her garden path one morning when i stopped in for tea. She fairly spat out her rage and indignance about their destruction of her flowers. the following week i brought her a snail staue for her garden with a little reminder that god made them as well. I returned a few weeks later to a vision! friend with look of big time disgust filling a bucket with snails and dumping them in the field across the street…ah sweet redemtion! grin
July 20th, 2010 @ 4:52 pm
Seriously… how in the world did you get that amazing shot!? Awesome!
(at least he was good for something, right? ;)
July 20th, 2010 @ 4:55 pm
Wild turkey’s are like field mice around here, hundred’s of them.
July 20th, 2010 @ 7:15 pm
Glad you let him go. He is just doing what he was born to, just like us. Not evil, not bad, just Grasshopper.
July 20th, 2010 @ 7:39 pm
Ah young grasshopper, you will grow to be a mellow fellow and lead your breatheran to high grounds during the rains…….
Great photo!
July 21st, 2010 @ 12:55 am
Awwwh, Shreve! I’m glad you let him go. He’s probably telling his buddies about the photo shoot… And no one is believing him! “Sure you ate chamomile and then had a photo shoot, little Jimmy!”
July 21st, 2010 @ 5:36 am
Ohhhh COOL! It makes me think of all those drawings of “aliens” I’ve seen.
July 21st, 2010 @ 6:45 am
He does look like an alien! Hmmmm, I’m thinking Alien vs. Predator.
July 21st, 2010 @ 6:55 am
He is a very sleeeeeeepy grasshopper now, for sure!
July 21st, 2010 @ 7:50 am
HMMMM, was it his blood you spilled all over your ice cubes? Isn’t “grasshopper” a drink?
July 23rd, 2010 @ 11:44 am
You’ve got grasshoppers eating your chamomile, I’ve got snails and slugs eating my lettuce.
Seems like no matter where we live, you can’t win.
Now when this happens, I sit down and contemplate God’s plan.
What is it that grasshoppers do that makes them a valuable niche in the ecology so that you can forgive them for eating your chamomile. Chamomile smells great and makes great tea or soap, but it isn’t essential for living. Do grasshoppers contribute something valuable? Do they eat aphids, scale or something we don’t want in our garden? Do they eat weeds? Nope. They seem to go straight to the good stuff.
Snails and slugs? Well, aside from eating snails (which I do not do) I can’t see the value in them. Can’t think of any pest they keep in check or anything they contribute. They don’t seem to eat the weeds. You can’t eat slugs so they contribute even less. I guess birds eat slugs and snails but they eat other stuff too. I don’t own chickens. And the lettuce? That’s salad. That’s food. They’re eating my dinner!
Now I’m not sure what you can do about it. There are organic ways to take care of snails and slugs. But grasshoppers? I’m not sure.
I guess you could hope a flock of hungry seagulls miraculously swoops in from the west and gobbles up all of the grasshoppers.
But I wouldn’t hold my breath.
I have a book somewhere that I consult called “Tiny Game Hunting” about how to combat this exact thing in a nature-friendly way. It’s a great book. I’ll see if I can find it.
August 15th, 2010 @ 12:33 pm
We have a million Voles this year on our ranch and they took out my entire veg garden and every single flower I planted! We had a late spring and their population exploded!