#Acrididae

[ljsbugblog]

fished this absolute unit out of the pond.

Giant Green Slantface (Acrida conica).

[bowelfly]

invertober week 2

[crevicedwelling]

Dactylotum bicolor, the rainbow grasshopper. Southern Arizona, June 2018

[herpsandbirds]

Hooded Grasshopper (Teratodes monticollis), family Acrididae, found in India and Sri Lanka

photograph by Shubhain Tahore

[markscherz]

I found a bug

Idk why I'm sharing this with u but yk

Bug :3

congratulations. This is not a bug (Order Hemiptera), it is an orthopteran. Specifically, this is a member of Acrididae (a short-horned grasshopper), but I could not get you further than that. It is very beautiful! Congratulations on your locust friend.

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Today locusts are most commonly thought of as a biblical plague, but in fact swarms of them occur almost every year in Africa, North America, Asia, and Australia. The largest swarm ever recorded occurred in Kenya in 1954; it covered 200 sq km (77 sq mi), and the population was estimated about 10 billion individuals!

(Image: A desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) by Mourad Harzallah)

If you send me proof that you’ve made a donation to UNRWA or another fund benefiting Palestinians– including esim donations and verified gofundmes– I’ll make art of any animal of your choosing.

[jupiterswasphouse]

This lovely guy is a cattail toothpick grasshopper (Leptysma marginicollis)! Kinda looks like it's made of textured plastic- but this guy's 100% bug :0!

[addicted2wasps]

When you go chill at a friend's place and he opens up Microsoft paint, and everyone insists you draw something. Lol. I attempted to quickly draw Dactylotum bicolor (about an hour), using a mouse, (not as easy as it looks). Not incredibly detailed or anything and a bit messy, but this was still a fun challenge! One of my favourite grasshoppers!

[thedisablednaturalist]

Doing grass surveys does have one perk: lots of beautiful grasshoppers around!

This guy was fast but I was able to hold him still for a microsecond so my coworker could get the picture.

I believe it's in the family Acrididae but that doesn't really narrow it down.

Look at his mitts!!

@crevicedwelling

[snototter]

A long-headed toothpick grasshopper (Achurum carinatum) camouflaged in the grass in Madagascar

by Charles Sharp

[arthropod-appreciator]

Chortophaga australior

[ljsbugblog]

hedge locusts are one of my favourite insects ever, I think. In addition to being Australia's largest species of grasshopper, they're also super chill and easy to handle.

Ive found that holding them upside down helps them feel more safe and less likely to jump away lol.

Hedge Locust (Valanga irregularis).

[artastic-friend]

Grasshoppers today!! Just for fun!

This first one is a Trimerotropis fontana! Also known as a Fontana Grasshopper!

I love their blue legs!!!

This next one I am unsure of the species, but I know it's definitely in the Acrididae family of short-horned grasshoppers!

If anyone is a grasshopper expert, let me know what you believe this guy is! Found both of these in Southern Oregon, USA

Will update this post with the species of the second one after I consult my professor about it (he specializes in grasshoppers). Unless of course he is unsure as well. But I doubt it because that’s literally all he does in his free time lmao

I love all these pictures btw bc it’s like:

“​get grabbed, bitch” /j

Update! My professor said the second hopper is likely a Complex Melanoplus sanguinipes however he said it is hard to be 100% sure based off just the pictures since it is more difficult to identify the females (that one is a female)

[sinobug]

A face only it's mother would love...

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[pipunculidae]

[rattyexplores]

The Giant Grasshopper

A native species here, fits the stereotype of Australia having huge bugs. Unlike other Australian insects however, these grasshoppers are harmless.

Valanga irregularis

11/05/22