20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Grasshopper Gaze

This is a photograph of a baby grasshopper(about 0.35in/9mm in size) sitting on a Spekboom plant which is indigenous to South Africa, where this image was captured. A thin spiderweb is accompanying it.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 12.2021
Date Uploaded: 10.2022
Photo Location: Humansdorp, South Africa
Camera: 2107113SG
Copyright: © Nadia Schmidt