For a picture of alien life, look no farther than your backyard. Insects like this rainbow grasshopper are interesting, ferocious, relentless in their way, and vital to our existence. Without them, life as we know it wouldn’t be possible. When the pandemic hit, I realized that although I couldn’t travel anywhere, it gave me the chance to document insects, which are underrepresented in the Photo Ark and yet so essential to life. I’ll never run out of them, it seems. Within 20 miles of my Nebraska home, I’ve photographed 700 species. The goal is to hit 1,000. Though I’ve traveled the world looking for animals, it turns out hundreds were in my backyard the whole time. Photo taken @cpbs_unl.
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