Grasshopper
I wasn't sure about the difference between grasshoppers and katydids. Can someone with knowledge about this confirm that katydids have longer antannae than their bodies whereas grasshoppers have shorter antannae?
Also, some interesting info from the Australian Museum:
"Grasshoppers and locusts have a row of pegs like a comb on their back legs. They scrape these pegs against the hard edges of the front wings to make sounds. Crickets and katydids produce sounds by rubbing their wings together. In order to hear these sounds, orthopterans have a tympanum (ear) on each front leg, just below the knee."
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Grasshopper
I wasn't sure about the difference between grasshoppers and katydids. Can someone with knowledge about this confirm that katydids have longer antannae than their bodies whereas grasshoppers have shorter antannae?
Also, some interesting info from the Australian Museum:
"Grasshoppers and locusts have a row of pegs like a comb on their back legs. They scrape these pegs against the hard edges of the front wings to make sounds. Crickets and katydids produce sounds by rubbing their wings together. In order to hear these sounds, orthopterans have a tympanum (ear) on each front leg, just below the knee."
australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/grasshoppers-cric...