#Acrididae

[ljsbugblog]

a weird horse appreciates the sunset from atop one of our cacti.

Giant Green Slantface, male(?) (Acrida conica), March '24.

[herpsandbirds]

Painted Grashopper (Dactylotum bicolor), family Acrididae, New Mexico, USA

photograph by Shawn E Thomas

[miyrumiyru]

Round grasshopper & Edge katydid

[bowelfly]

invertober week 2

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

If you throw up a light and a sheet in a field, you're gonna get Orthopterans. This was one of the more interesting ones that I saw last weekend. Somehow, still just yet another Melanoplus sp.

(Thx to @eumorpha-dream for throwing up the light and the sheet)

[addicted2wasps]

WARNING. ⚠️ Mature content below. Dactylotum bicolor, mating pair. I drew this ages ago, (September 2020). I should attempt and redrawing this species with my coloured pencils. It was a fun challenging subject at the time.

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: MAY 14TH, 2024 | Image IDs: Three photos of a pink, beige, and green grasshopper amongst green moss and various bits of leaf litter, next to a blue plastic bucket /End IDs.]

This was an extremely exciting find! This guy hopped right in front of me and I was luckily able to snap these photos before it hopped away again- This is Chortophaga viridifasciata, the green-striped grasshopper! You may think "Well, why is it named after its green stripes when its far more notable aspect is how pink it is?", and that's because, it's not supposed to be pink! Pink coloration amongst typically green grasshoppers is caused by a fairly uncommon genetic mutation resulting in erythrism (an unusual abundance of red pigmentation)! This particular individual seems to only be effected in part, but some otherwise green grasshoppers and katydids have been found to have their green coloration entirely replaced by this pink color!

[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.

[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

[ljsbugblog]

fished this absolute unit out of the pond.

Giant Green Slantface (Acrida conica).

[herpsandbirds]

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

photograph by Pong Wira

[miyrumiyru]

Polished brown grasshopper

우리벼메뚜기 (Oxya sinuosa)

[fivetrench]

This fucker was chewing on me

[alienbath]

The Desert Locust one of the most destructive pests

(Source: Ingo Arndt)