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A Lily Pad Hopper aka Grasshopper who has lost their way, perhaps?
On lily pads on the (fresh) water of Lake Emma
To me it looks like a typical grasshopper but around this time I was finding a lot of them on the actual lily pads floating on the lake and easily 1/2 a city block away from earth or grass. Not sure why a grasshopper would go out on the lake but perhaps they lay their eggs in the water like dragonflies...?
Thank you again for all your help identifying my mystery posts, Fyn Kynd! :-))
Spotted on Aug 22, 2013
Submitted on Feb 14, 2014
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