Having her lunch is a female two-striped grasshopper, Malanoplus bivittatus. This insect is damaging to crops and may have been a refugee from a nearby corn field. However, they are also quite fond of flowers – as is our guest here.
This genus covers most of the US and likes to eat everything in sight, becoming active in warm weather. They are often equated to locusts because they swarm in large numbers and have a big appetite.
Interestingly, this type of grasshopper was responsible in part for the devastation of crops in the middle of the country from 1928-1930 but died out in large numbers when the vegetation also died during the dust bowl period.
The image was post-processed in Lightroom 3. I used Nik Color Efex and Nik Viveza to finish it off. Click on the photo to see a larger version.