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Peek-A-Boo Grasshopper
There were several different kinds of grasshoppers in my daughter's pastures, so I was trying to get a shot of each kind I saw. This one played games & never showed me more than this. So I was a bit surprised it was enough for an Entomologist on bugguide to id it to the subspecies level. Then it turned out to be the first one of that subspecies to be on iNat for DFW & the 4th on iNat period. I love finding new and uncommon species on the other side of DFW from where I live. Look close at how its little feet are holding onto the tiny vine tendril.
Id confirmed in bugguide here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/2141337
@brandonwoo do you concur with the subspecies and if so, does that mean it is a male?

TL 20 mm (measured). Habitat is open short- to mid-grass prairie, but my campsite was next to a large Siberian Elm with much fallen dead wood (3rd image), and there was a tall windrow of dead and dying Russian Olive nearby: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107383619