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So far, 2023 has been a bit of a snoozer from the birdwatching perspective. Not much unusual has been reported, and at least in the areas where I’ve been birding, numbers even of expected species have seemed on the low side. But the local birding community got jolted into action on Feb. 21, when the […]
The Martha's Vineyard Times This tiny grasshopper prefers the sandplains on the Island. — Matt Pelikan The most favorite of my many favorite insects is surely the crested pygmy grasshopper, Nomotettix cristatus. It’s probably the smallest Orthoptera occurring on Martha’s Vineyard, with adults ranging between a quarter and three-eighths of an inch in length. The compact body looks more like a bean or a bullet than an insect. And the species comes in a vast range of color variants, so that every individual looks unique; most color schemes blend in beautifully with the sandy so...