Tettigonia viridissima, Captura: Camprodon, Ripollès, Girona, Catalunya.
CATALÀ
Nom comú: Llagosta verda
Insecte de l’ordre dels ortòpters, de la família dels tetigònids, que ateny fins a 7 cm de llargària; és d’un color verd intens i té unes antenes llarguíssimes i filamentoses, ales més llargues que el cos i l’oviscapte llarg i en forma de sabre.
De costums nocturns i hàbits zoòfags, habita entre les herbes i plantes conreades i és comuna als Països Catalans.
ENCICLOPÈDIA CATALANA
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ENGLISH
Tettigonia viridissima, the great green bush-cricket, is a large species of bush-cricket belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae.
This species can be encountered in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, and in North Africa, especially in meadows, grasslands, prairies and occasionally in gardens at an elevation up to 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) above sea level.
The adult males grow up to 28–36 millimetres (1.1–1.4 in) long, while females reach 32–42 millimetres (1.3–1.7 in). This insect is most often completely green (but there are specimens completely yellowish or with yellow legs), excluding a rust-colored band on top of the body. The organ of the stridulation of the males is generally brown.
Tettigonia viridissima is distinguished by its very long and thin antennae, which can sometimes reach up to three times the length of the body, thus differentiating them from grasshoppers, which always carry short antennae. It could be confused with Tettigonia cantans, whose wings are a centimeter shorter than the ovipositor, or Tettigonia caudata whose hind femurs bear conspicuous black spines.
The morphology of both sexes is very similar, but the female has an egg-laying organ (ovipositor) that can reach a length of 23–32 millimetres (0.91–1.26 in). It reaches the end of the elytra and is slightly curved downward.
The larvae are green and as the imago show on their back a thin brown longitudinal stripe. The ovipositor can be seen from the fifth stage; the wings appear in both genders from the sixth stage.
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Tettigonia viridissima, Captura: Camprodon, Ripollès, Girona, Catalunya.
CATALÀ
Nom comú: Llagosta verda
Insecte de l’ordre dels ortòpters, de la família dels tetigònids, que ateny fins a 7 cm de llargària; és d’un color verd intens i té unes antenes llarguíssimes i filamentoses, ales més llargues que el cos i l’oviscapte llarg i en forma de sabre.
De costums nocturns i hàbits zoòfags, habita entre les herbes i plantes conreades i és comuna als Països Catalans.
ENCICLOPÈDIA CATALANA
enciclopèdia.cat
Molt interessant:
elmedinaturaldelbages.cat/species/llagosta-verda-tettigon...
ENGLISH
Tettigonia viridissima, the great green bush-cricket, is a large species of bush-cricket belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae.
This species can be encountered in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, and in North Africa, especially in meadows, grasslands, prairies and occasionally in gardens at an elevation up to 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) above sea level.
The adult males grow up to 28–36 millimetres (1.1–1.4 in) long, while females reach 32–42 millimetres (1.3–1.7 in). This insect is most often completely green (but there are specimens completely yellowish or with yellow legs), excluding a rust-colored band on top of the body. The organ of the stridulation of the males is generally brown.
Tettigonia viridissima is distinguished by its very long and thin antennae, which can sometimes reach up to three times the length of the body, thus differentiating them from grasshoppers, which always carry short antennae. It could be confused with Tettigonia cantans, whose wings are a centimeter shorter than the ovipositor, or Tettigonia caudata whose hind femurs bear conspicuous black spines.
The morphology of both sexes is very similar, but the female has an egg-laying organ (ovipositor) that can reach a length of 23–32 millimetres (0.91–1.26 in). It reaches the end of the elytra and is slightly curved downward.
The larvae are green and as the imago show on their back a thin brown longitudinal stripe. The ovipositor can be seen from the fifth stage; the wings appear in both genders from the sixth stage.
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