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cactus_lover FSD, Pakistan(Zone 10b) Jul 17, 2008

Please identify this colorful grasshooper,it is very common in my city.
Thank
Yasir

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cactus_lover FSD, Pakistan(Zone 10b) Jul 17, 2008

Another one but not a grasshooper.
Yasir

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cactus_lover FSD, Pakistan(Zone 10b) Jul 17, 2008

last one.
Yasir

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 17, 2008

The grasshopper appears to be Poekilocerus pictus (Orthoptera: Acrididae; subfamily Pyrogomorphinae) - see http://www.martin.chaerilus.co.uk/photogallery/Originals/insects/P_pictus.JPG for an image. Reportedly, they feed primarily on plants in the milkweed family (Asclepiadaceae), rendering them distasteful if not downright toxic to potential predators.

The mosquito appears to be an aedine species, but not enough detail is present in the image to be certain of species.

The ant resembles a queen carpenter ant, but not being familiar with the Formicidae of your region, I'm not going to hazard a guess.

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