And the dryland hills of Los Padres National Forest host of course grasshoppers. Here a specimen of the genus Trimeotropis. So similar in its slender form and camouflage pattern to Mediterranean species I’m familiar with yet subtly different. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/175676864 Only saw ir because it flew past me, its blueish wings on display, startled by my clumsy walking across the dry brush.

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