Patience, Young Grasshopper: Lake Elsinore Photo Of Day

LAKE ELSINORE, CA —This grasshopper looks larger than life as it clings to a window with a nice view of Lake Elsinore in the background.

Snapped by Patch reader Craig Sargent-Beach, the photograph captures an insect with ancestry roots that date back to the early Triassic age, around 250 million years ago, according to scholars. Now that is something to think about. Read more on the insect species here.

If you have an awesome photo of nature, breathtaking scenery, kids caught being kids or a pet doing something funny, we'd love to feature it on Patch. We're looking for high-resolution images that reflect the uniqueness and the beauty that is the Inland Empire.

Send your photos to autumn.johnson@patch.com, and we'll post the feature on an occasional basis. Please include when and where the shot was taken and any other details about what was happening.

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