During my walk I noticed a strange black ball on one of the bushes. It was about 5cm (4 inches) in diameter.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXF_532fEX-OahV9mCJ11nY-HW4AzHsb7KSptopy-e7iW8J9AyzeWxrIcWHU1Gl_jo9psG0ZPJVk4zcpdX_IHA7_YGRB0yqs59bztAu4AXkGkuZDYSdmaDiBK3DYqYefTcWkzTELL-BpLJ/s320/100_7643A.jpg)
On closer inspection, it turned out to be hundreds of little grasshoppers in a cluster.
In six weeks time, they will turn into this.....elegant grasshopper (
zonocerus elegans)
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