Orthoptera: grasshoppers and allied insects
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Autumn was well on its way, but there were still leaves on the black locust trees, as the rising sun struggled to break through a heavy cloud layer.
Rund um Kirchhorst / 30.09.2018 / Niedersachsen / lower saxony
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The Honey Locust Tree is one tree you do not want to run into in the dark! The king of Prickles in Oklahoma.
Florida at this time of year is not the place to be if you are afraid of bugs, the place was crawling with them. Temperatures in the nineties & humidity through the roof, they love it. Drove down the coast road one evening for about thirty miles, it was like a snow storm, but not one hit the car
Milkweed Locust/Phymateus viridipes
One can only see the colours when they fly, so managed to capture one and told him to open up the wings...and he did.. I should have lifted the camera a bit to get the tip of the wing as well and focus could have been better, but operating the camera with one hand and other arm stretched out makes things a bit awkward, but well, that's after talk....it flew off happily after the shoot...
Locust nymph in its final instar before being able to fly. They go through 4 or 5 instars and during the last one they get wings. This one shows the beginning of wing growth.
The forest of trees surrounding the IAIS mainline "up the hill" to Locust Street in Davenport are covered in frost as the daily BICB heads west.
January 4, 2021
Santa Fe Island
Galapagos
Ecuador
These beautiful colorful locusts, endemic to the Galapagos Islands, typically grow to around 8 centimeters in length. The large painted locusts are an important part of the food chain on the islands, serving as principal prey for lava lizards and the Galapagos hawk.
The large painted locust is one of two species of painted locust endemic to the Galapagos Islands. First described by Carl Stål in 1861, they can easily be identified by their bright colouration.
They are found on all islands except for Española, where the small painted locust is present. They are abundant in the lowlands, particularly after heavy rainfall, and can often be seen surrounding lights on the inhabited islands.
The large painted locust is not closely related to any mainland species, but it is believed they most likely colonised the Galapagos Islands by flight as they are very strong fliers. They are also very good jumpers, easily able to reach up to 3 metres.
The large painted locust belongs to the genus Schistocerca. Commonly called bird grasshoppers, is a genus of grasshoppers, many of which swarm as locusts. There are around 50 other species in the genus of which the best known is the desert locust.
This one was a little camera-shy and kept shimmying round to the other side of this bamboo so I couldn't see it; solution: back off and zoom in. Shallow-fried locust used to be a popular dish in Thailand, and they are actually quite tasty!
In Oklahoma it is a jar fly, or locust, and some Cicada. the larva comes up out of the ground, clings to the branch and comes forth as a full developed wing, noisy insect,
Anacridium aegyptium
The desert locust shows periodic changes in its body form and can change in response to environmental conditions, over several generations, from a solitary, shorter-winged, highly fecund, non-migratory form to a gregarious, long-winged, and migratory phase in which they may travel long distances into new areas. In some years, they may thus form locust plagues, invading new areas, where they may consume all vegetation including crops, and at other times, they may live unnoticed in small numbers.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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