Below a #grasshopper nymph of the #Chorthippus #biguttulus #group, including closely related European #species C. biguttulus, C. brunneus, and C. mollis. They cannot be clearly differed #morphologically, only by their #songs. B. Gottsberger & F. Mayer (2019) studied mechanisms of #speciesboundarystabilization between C. brunneus/C. biguttulus, which can #hybridize. But hybrids exhibit #songpreferences of C. biguttulus females.

©#StefanFWirth 2025

Ref
https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13490

Photos
S.F. Wirth

Not sure who was more shocked in this groundbreaking encounter? We, or the Caroline grasshopper, it had its eyes on us. Oh well, it was a brief encounter before we all hopped away. #insects #nature #grasshopper #Canada #Naturephotography

Green-striped Grasshopper. Please correct me if I am wrong.

From my office today, everyone is enjoying the sun.

An American Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca americana) that was fluttering around the yard while I was mowing this morning. It finally set still long enough that I was able to get some decent pics. #insects #grasshopper #entomology #insectsofmastodon #InsectsOfTheFediverse #wildlife #Orthoptera

Heuschrecken-Bestimmungskurs im Tessin (Schweiz) vom 22.-24. August 2025

Es sind nur noch ein paar wenige Plätze in Doppel- oder Mehrbettzimmern verfügbar!

https://www.orthoptera.ch/aktivitaeten/kurse/item/heuschrecken-bestimmungskurs-2025

#NewSpecies
New forest grasshopper from #cameroon just hopped in:

Pterotiltus erythrocerus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/552F87FD-9764-8C6E-985C-B7B4907DF4B5
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.986.2853
#ejtaxonomy #PterotiltusErythrocerus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #orthoptera #grasshopper

Chunky grasshopper

The little cutie, a two-striped grasshopper (𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴), was sitting on the sunflowers in front of our house waiting for us when we got back from our walk to the pharmacy:

Egyptian Bird Grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptium)

Shibata Zeshin

Saltamontes y girasol

Grasshopper family conference. How many can you spot? #grasshopper #insects #bugsafari #naturephotography #wildlife

Grasshopper

Dissosteira carolina?

Egyptian Bird Grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptium)

Die räuberisch lebenden Larven der (Gemeine) Eichenschrecke (Meconema cf. thalassinum) haben Fühler, die in etwas viermal so lang wie ihr Körper sind. Sie nutzen die Fühler, um ihre Beute zu ertasten.

Saw a katydid when I was picking black caps this morning.

Daily old piece 76!

Close up of a grasshopper, no idea which exact species.

From 2021