Promoted
The final molt
Jiminy cricket who has been living on my lavender bush since he was born, is no longer a little nymph. I was just in time to see him cast off his skin to reveal an adult locust. Of course he will still have more molts before he reaches his full size, but...my little boy has grown up! So proud.
Here he is drying his wings...
And here was the previous molt:
Acanthacris ruficornis is found virtually throughout Africa south of the Sahara. It is eaten as food by people in the northern parts of South Africa (Chesler 1938), as well as in Congo and the Sahel (i.e. the band of arid savannah just south of the Sahara) (van Huis 1996). Pallatable grasshoppers and locusts are normally cooked, fried or roasted, after the legs and wings have been removed. In South Africa it is the common large brown grasshopper found in people's gardens, often referred to erroneously.. more
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By the way, my greedy little friend has now flown away, very sad, I miss him! Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago