Now... what to do next...

Paul Iddon

The pet shop owner gave me this pack of Lizard food. Usually 12, but there were just 3 still alive so she let me have them for nothing.


They are, she said, locusts.


Great subjects, relatively docile while I photographed them but it begs the question, what the hell do I do with 3 locusts?


Here are two of them on a stem:




One of them from the other side:




Staring right at me:




Nearer again:













Standing about:




Hanging around:




Closer still:




Portrait




Reflection as one takes a drink from a droplet of water on the bayleaf:




Nice creatures. I think they are all females, and 2 look alike, but one has a darker head. Maybe different species, I don't know.

I guess they are desert locusts of some description.



Paul.

GOLDENORFE

good close ups Paul,great eyes.
look like they are still young, wings not formed yet. hope you keep them untill they are fully formed.
then feed them to a tarantula.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Lord Vetinari

Good shots- I'd keep them for a while - think they only need grass and warmth - you could then start breeding them in competition with the pet store
Brian v.

Paul Iddon

Are they "desert locusts"?

Or if some other family, any idea which?

Do they feed on grass exclusively or will any leaves do?




Paul.

Awais Yaqub

Very cool

Paul Iddon

Thanks Awais.


Paul.

Lord Vetinari

Paul Iddon wrote:

Are they "desert locusts"?

Or if some other family, any idea which?

Do they feed on grass exclusively or will any leaves do?

Paul.

Paul - you'd do better doing a google on them. I know we used to breed locusts at school and all they got fed was grass but that was an awful long time ago

Brian V.

Skippy

Paul Iddon wrote:

The pet shop owner gave me this pack of Lizard food. Usually 12, but there were just 3 still alive so she let me have them for nothing.


They are, she said, locusts.

Great subjects, relatively docile while I photographed them but it begs the question, what the hell do I do with 3 locusts?


Here are two of them on a stem:
One of them from the other side:
Staring right at me:
Nearer again:
Standing about:
Hanging around:
Closer still:
Portrait
Reflection as one takes a drink from a droplet of water on the bayleaf:

Nice creatures. I think they are all females, and 2 look alike, but one has a darker head. Maybe different species, I don't know.

I guess they are desert locusts of some description.

Paul.

Hi Paul, I had a look at a description of a few locust's and each said the food was similar... "grass", one also noted they would eat beans and other grasses such as alph alpha as well.

You probably got plenty of that in your front and back yard right?

They have really nice bands on their eyes, was nice that they didn't hope all over the place so you could photograph them.

Lovely series ... Skippy
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Paul Iddon

Thanks Maxine.


Alph Alpha, more like i'd bet beta... rofl


I have put some grass in, might see how they do on that. I hear they like apples too...


Paul.

geospatial_junkie

Find someone with a pet tarantula and watch nature take its course!

Paul Iddon

geospatial_junkie wrote:

Find someone with a pet tarantula and watch nature take its course!

:puke1


Lol..

geospatial_junkie

I've got a Brazillian Giant White-Knee... it absolutely loves locusts.

Paul Iddon

geospatial_junkie wrote:

I've got a Brazillian Giant White-Knee... it absolutely loves locusts.

I only have a cat. And he don't have any interest in insects really....