Hopper Chopper
The locusts and grasshoppers can wreck havoc for farmers and others alike with their voracious appetites and the speed in which they populate and eradicate the vegetation.
Even though grasshoppers are insects, their mouth parts show lots of similarities to those of mammals. This video explains the various parts of the grasshopper's mouth - upper lip (Labrum) and lower lip (Labium), tongue (Lingua or hypophranyx), mandibles (which can be related to teeth) and four maxillae (which can be related to small arms on both sides for both lips). Maxillae of mandible has 5 segments (sensory maxillae palp) for better control, while there are 3 segmented palps for the labial maxillae.
This is a compilation of multiple videos shot at multiple dates over a period of 3 weeks in two locations, primarily Besant Nagar beach shores in Chennai, South India (sea breeze was so strongly shaking the leaves making it challenging shoot the video), while the upside down brown locust bit was shot at Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh.
To enjoy the video, please tune up the volume to listen to the voice-over explanation about the various parts of the mouth of the grasshoppers and locusts. Kindly share your thoughts and feedback.
Sincere thanks to these beautiful insects, which were very patient and kind enough to allow the camera lens to come as close as 1-2 cm from their faces without stopping what they were doing or hopping away, even though they were skeptical initially.
Hopper Chopper
The locusts and grasshoppers can wreck havoc for farmers and others alike with their voracious appetites and the speed in which they populate and eradicate the vegetation.
Even though grasshoppers are insects, their mouth parts show lots of similarities to those of mammals. This video explains the various parts of the grasshopper's mouth - upper lip (Labrum) and lower lip (Labium), tongue (Lingua or hypophranyx), mandibles (which can be related to teeth) and four maxillae (which can be related to small arms on both sides for both lips). Maxillae of mandible has 5 segments (sensory maxillae palp) for better control, while there are 3 segmented palps for the labial maxillae.
This is a compilation of multiple videos shot at multiple dates over a period of 3 weeks in two locations, primarily Besant Nagar beach shores in Chennai, South India (sea breeze was so strongly shaking the leaves making it challenging shoot the video), while the upside down brown locust bit was shot at Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh.
To enjoy the video, please tune up the volume to listen to the voice-over explanation about the various parts of the mouth of the grasshoppers and locusts. Kindly share your thoughts and feedback.
Sincere thanks to these beautiful insects, which were very patient and kind enough to allow the camera lens to come as close as 1-2 cm from their faces without stopping what they were doing or hopping away, even though they were skeptical initially.