Brightly colored but highly camouflaged, this orthopteran was chowing down on some Thalia, which seems to be a favorite food source for invertebrates around here. There are other grass hoppers that hang around on Paspalum repens, a floating grass in the wetland, in large numbers. This guy was alone by my account.
B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L
g-r-a-s-s-h-o-p-p-e-r
i c-a-n s-p-e-l-l n-o-w!
y-e-s -i-c-a-n!