Beauty lies in simplicity

[Guillaume Gomard]

Some pictures from France's West coast displaying -for the main part- grasshoppers. Of course, those are very common insects but still, the way they manage to disappear in their environment is sometimes amazing!

General view on their habitat:

...and here they are:

There was also a praying mantis close to the beach:

And a beautiful feather from an unknown bird:

[Sebastian Holzki]

Hi Guillaume,

I would say the feather is of a Garrulus glandarius.

Basti

[Francesco Tri]

Beautiful review, Guillome, thank you!

I agree, is a feather of Garrulus glandarius

[Guillaume Gomard]

It's very likely, indeed. Thanks for this precision

[Jürgen Gebhart]

Nice shots! I like the third one most, great camouflage! I think I will never find that one in the wild!