{"id":2227,"date":"2011-08-01T10:22:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T16:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2011-08-01T10:27:08","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T16:27:08","slug":"grass-hoppers-come-in-a-variety-of-shapes-and-sizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=2227","title":{"rendered":"Grasshoppers come in a variety of shapes and sizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 1, 2011-by John Blair, <a href=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\">valleywatch.net<\/a> editor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Red-Eyed-Grasshopper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2228\" title=\"Red Eyed Grasshopper\" src=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Red-Eyed-Grasshopper.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Red-Eyed-Grasshopper.jpg 302w, http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Red-Eyed-Grasshopper-179x300.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a>Grasshoppers are funny little things. They come in several varieties. some fly, some simply hop. some look like they are armored and others look kind of fragile.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever their make up, they are usually gluttonous eaters, consuming the leaves of entire plants in a single day sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>This red eyed grasshopper was seen on my porch on July 31 and was not shy like many of its counterparts until I had shot several pictures of it using a flash.<\/p>\n<p>As summer dries up, there seems to be a n onslaught of grasshoppers which eat through flowers, shrubs and grass until they mate and die to wait for another year.<\/p>\n<p>Photo \u00a9 2011 John Blair<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 1, 2011-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor Grasshoppers are funny little things. They come in several varieties. some fly, some simply hop. some look like they are armored and others look kind of fragile. Whatever their make up, they are &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=2227\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[107,106,108],"class_list":["post-2227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-grass-hoppers","tag-grasshoppers","tag-nature-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2227"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2232,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227\/revisions\/2232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}