grasshopper

i came home yesterday to find a grasshopper sitting on top of the overturned recycle bucket.
he was green which is unusual to me. in florida (while i have seen a green grasshopper once or twice) the grasshoppers are usually black with yellow or red or orange stripes down their backs. and then morph eventually into large disgusting yellow monsters. i have no idea what this little british grasshopper may morph into...

but as to yesterday he was just sitting there being cute. i got real close to him to get a good look at him and he started waving his arms back in forth of him frantically trying to scare me away. and i went into the house when i realized what he was doing to avoid stressing him anymore. but i was amazed and am still at his courage. he was only an inch long. when i grow up i want to be like that.