A black and green Leprous Grasshopper, Phymateus leprosus, sits on the shrivelling fruit of a Gomphocarpus bush

December 2025

Leprous Grasshopper, Phymateus leprosus, photographed in the Umngeni Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Canon EOS R10, 1/125 sec, f8, ISO 250, RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM.