A grasshopper sitting still and looking pretty harmless

I first saw him one morning as he sat on the mat of the deck minding his own business. I just happened to look up from my book He appeared pretty harmless but at the same time wondered where he came from and why was he visiting? I am a suspicious kind of girl.

After a few minutes of reading I looked up again and saw that the grasshopper had moved, he was now on the coffee table just sitting and still looking pretty harmless.

I decided to take a close up photo of this chilled out grasshopper who was showing to be very comfortable at my place. Noticing he had one leg him I mentioned it to my husband who said he did this when taking him off a plant a week ago. Interestingly this grasshopper did not seem to worry about having only one leg, but then I was only guessing since I don't know too much about grasshoppers.

Oops, then the penny dropped, this grasshopper had to be hungry and had to be sizing up my begonia on the coffee table. Of course, silly me, he wanted to snack.

But no, he hopped away quietly without me noticing and was relieved to see that the leaves were untouched by grasshopper teeth. Maybe he had moved onto the neighbours's garden.

But no, I was wrong as later on after sunset I went to the outdoor shower to wash off the sand from the beach, and what did I see? I saw a one legged brown grasshopper sitting on the shower door still looking pretty harmless. He had not left the garden after all. Thankfully, it is a two door shower so I left him alone and went in through the other door to shower. I am definitely not fond of grasshoppers jumping on me.

Just as I finished my quick wash the sand off shower I turned and let out a little involuntary gasp at the head of the grasshopper peeping over the door at me. Never have I had such a close up encounter with a grasshopper before?

Given the fact this grasshopper is missing a leg maybe he intends to stay around the garden, there are plenty of tasty succulent plants for him to satisfy his insatiable hunger. Maybe we own him since my husband tore off a leg.

And would you believe that the next morning there was the one-legged grasshopper sitting still and looking pretty harmless on the coffee table once again.

Maybe just maybe this grasshopper and I could become friends since he has seen me in the shower and he is not eating the begonia. I am open to this next stage if he is willing, but then I have not bargained with a grasshopper before.

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