#oedipoda

[clavainov]

local insects roundup sept - oct

Shoutout to meadowhawks, sympetrum species. Although you see them around a lot, they are especially precious to me, because most dragonflies around here aren't flying this late in the year. Sure, the literature will tell you that most of them are around until October, but it's just not true for the ponds/rivers I like to frequent. By September most of the dragonflies are gone... but here's s. striolatum (left), peaking in September, like the beautiful friend they are ^_^ Look at their bicoloured eyes! This is an adult female, you can tell because although she's brown, she's got some blue under her abdomen. Some females even have red parts of their abdomen - there's a lot of fun colour variation in this species. The one on the right is probably s. sanguineum, the ruddy darter, with a Latin name recalling blood. They won't suck your blood, but this guy is like a charismatic anime vampire to me.

This is the sun fly (Helophilus pendulus). It's a hoverfly that likes to hang out near water, which is relatable (that's where you get amphibians, this guy knows what's up). Between its cool common name and bright colouration, I think it would be great to draw with a sun motif. Its aposematic colouration is definitely trying to trick you into thinking it's a wasp, but this guy is chill and harmless. What a charismatic bug!

The Eurasian hummingbird hawk moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) is a busy moth who loves to zip around and hover, usually appearing as a blur. But at this time of year, they're getting pretty old, so you can find these elderly folk on the floor and gently let them crawl on you. I love these lil geriatric moths. They are so fuzzy and soft!

This is the hornet robber fly (asilus crabroniformis), pictured eating a tasty grasshopper (probably an oedipoda species). Although they're predatory and having fun menacing people by pretending to be hornets (like the sun hover fly), they are harmless to humans. These guys are declining rapidly and considered endangered, which is so sad because look how majestic and badass they are, asilidae species are sooo shaped. Anyway, the main reason that they're declining is that they need cattle or rabbit dung to reproduce. I live in the (small) native range of the European rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus)... and while those bunnies are prevalent everywhere they're invasive (which is a LOT of places), they are endangered here, so that's not helping. This one was in some pine forest near the sea, and local cattle were providing a nesting ground (thank you cattle for shitting on the floor, this is vital to the local ecosystem).

You just don't expect a giant locust and then the Egyptian bird grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptium, pictured top) shows up. Whoa! To me, they are called bird grasshoppers because they are the size of a bird (this is not true, they're 6.5cm at most, but that's big for us impoverished non-rainforest folk). These guys are great and I wish they would biblically plague my town so I could hold a bunch of them. Underneath we have some other cool orthopterans, a blue-winged grasshopper (probably an oedipoda species) and a red-legged grasshopper (Chorthippus binotatus), who has such a fun palette of bright green and red. What friends!

This is the hyaline grass bug (Liorhyssus hyalinus). It's beautiful, which is normal for a true bug. What a delicate little pattern with red spots and delicate iridescent wings on a cream background! This one is female. I couldn't find any cool facts about this species, so I'm officially declaring it criminally underrated. Hipsters should flock to this bug and put decals of it all over the cool places in town.

Bonus: the local calotriton asper colony are getting it onnnnn in their typical twisty way (I wanna see their larvae soon!!!) and the stunning limax maximus, or leopard slug who is like a beautiful cow:

[ichbineinkriechend]

apparently these blue winged bitches just... live in our garden now

[ID: Four pictures and a gif of a blauflügelige Ödlandschrecke (oedipoda caerulescens) [blue-winged grasshopper]. In the first two pictures it's sitting, in the next to it's jumping and you can see the blue wings. The gif first shows it sitting, then a hand gets closer to it, which causes it to jump, showing it's blue wings.]

[antiqueanimals]

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: vol. 2 - Insects. Written by Dr. Bernhard Grzimek. 1984.

Internet Archive

1.) Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)

2.) Blue-winged grasshopper (Oedipoda caerulescens)

3.) Cylindracheta sp.

[onenicebugperday]

@liebelesbe submitted: been seeing a lot of grasshoppers with blue wings in my garden recently <3 pretty sure they're blue-winged grasshoppers (oedipoda caerulescens) but i have no idea if maybe it's another grasshopper with blue wings [pictures taken in germany]

Agreed, that's what it looks like to me! A closer look at their blue wings:

Pretty! Photo by sandravanaalst

[remotus11]

Shit ton of FoE OCs that I don't have refs for

(or i have but they're fugly lol)

Long post under cut

Hawk

Not his real name, hawk is ashamed of his actual name an cutiemark so hides them.

Been there, done that, done her, done him, done all of em))

Forgot to add that he's short as fuck. This is weight reduction for better flight trust me bro

Bro fucks everything that moves. Element of Disloyalty

He got few funny outfits

Fading Light

The failed "Protagonist tm"

Tried to become a princess like Twi by creating Elements of Disharmony but womp womp

Went insane with revenge after failing her "Protagonist tm " goals, fused with her dark creepy def cursed magic amulet and became Rising Dark (sth like Nightmare Moon)

Rosalia and Wolfheart

"Wolf" is read like in german with "o" sound instead of "oo"

Mafia boss and her bodyguard husband :3

Rosalia has a dress and a rose for every occasion

Muzzle Flash and Barrel Blaze

Famous gunslingers in the past, were called The Bullet Brothers

Muzzle Flash wears his brothers bandana after his death

Barrel is Thunder Blast's shitty alcoholic father. Well was until Thunder fried this head into the ground. Best son in the world :)

Muzzle is Thunders uncle, not the best moral example but at least he didn't drink. He's like 75 now, retired from mercs and owns a gun shop

Polly Pint and Molly Mint

Twin sisters. Polly was a barpony and Molly was a farmer

Polly was good friends with Muzzle and Barrel and sometimes babysat Thunder. Unsuccessfully tried to seduce Muzzle Flash cos her boring husband died and she was bored lol. But his aro/ace ass wouldn't give in

Both sisters had died of old age

King Carmine

Self-proclaimed Changeling king with basically no hive yet

Worked as a prostitute at the Blue-winged Filly brothel (blue-winged grasshopper (Oedipoda caerulescens) is called голубокрылая кобылка(filly) in russian also has similar name in ukrainian, but this world play and brothels grasshopper theme doesn't really work in english idk) under two alter egos Caramel Carmine and her male counterpart Carmine Caramel to feed of scraps of lust in this evil loveless world *dramatic faint*

Kinda reformed after he found out he can love (but in abusive and obsessive way)

Before reformation

Has been born way before The War, served Chrysalis as a soldier, been there at the Canterlot Wedding( i don't care about FoEs actual canon ok all the shit happened after season 4!!!!!). When the War happened fell into hibernation, woke up the present day with no conection to the Hive.

I could make him an Element of Greed but idk honesty

No name yet idk lol (feel free to propose some names if you want)

Element of Unhappiness

Sprite was made in Pony town cause Ashes town had no good mane options

No cutiemark is intentional she's an adult but haven't done anything meaning in her life besides sitting in the Stable 49 and being depressed

Beefy Butchers

You can certainly trust her with a knife yes definitely give her a knife nothing bad would happen she's totaly a sane person :)

Порохобот ( полное имя Жигуль Порошенкович Прайм)

There's no translation to that shit lmao sorry not sorry

Broken and lost military robot that Hawk was tasked to retrieve, before saying "fuck it i'm leaving" to another military organization for a 1000th time lol

Kebab lol

Feral kirin ghoul. His nirik form burns with balefire

"kebab has rotten"

"ow fuck kebab is buuuuurning"

That's it lol for now...

[wikimediauncommons]

file: Oedipoda caerulescens CBTha015.JPG

[tesserasnake-blog]

Orthoptera are hugely underappreciated, likely due to being unfairly labelled as 'pests'. they have some of the best cryptic colouration of any insect group, and can also have some of the brightest colours. sometimes in the same species. for example, Oedipoda caerulescens deploys both

katydids have some of the best mimicry, often mimicking leaves of other things

locusts can fly incredible distances and in irruptions can change entire habitats with their swarming habits, and groundhoppers, while also very cryptic, arguably the most cryptic of the group, can achieve incredible feats like Paratettix can trap a layer of air around them and survive being submerged in water in the event of heavy rain or a flash flood

and those all invest in camoflague. the species that choose not to are BREATHTAKING

you also get twig and stick mimics that do it just as well as phasmids, and lets not forget that its not uncommon to come across erythristic individuals that are HOT PINK!!!

in short, phasmids are great, but orthoptera can match them in every category, best them in some, and are hugely more diverse!!!

vote Orthoptera!

Taxonomy Tournament: Insects

Phasmatodea. This order is made up of insects that mimic plants. Members include stick insects and leaf-bugs

Orthoptera. This order has elongated hindlegs adapted for jumping. Members include grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids.

[swissforextrading]

Blue-winged Grasshopper named Swiss animal of the year

The conservation group Pro Natura has chosen the Blue-winged Grasshopper as its animal of the year, 2023. It is one of 115 grasshopper species native to Switzerland and is named after its distinctive azure colouring on its wings. When its wings are folded, the Blue-winged Grasshopper blends into its surroundings, typically on stony valley floors. When disturbed the two centimetre-long insect will jump up and dazzle predators with its colouring before adopting camouflage mode on landing again. The Blue-winged Grasshopper, also known by its Latin name of Oedipoda caerulescens, thrives in warm conditions and can adapt to human-made terrains such as gravel pits and railway areas. However, many of its natural habitats have been destroyed over the last 100 years. This is in common to many of Switzerland’s 30,000 native insect species. Pro Natura says that 60% of Swiss insect species are threatened as a result. The organisation is calling for meadows and pastures to be protected... https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sci-tech/blue-winged-grasshopper-named-swiss-animal-of-the-year/48177522?utm_campaign=swi-rss&utm_source=multiple&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=o (Source of the original content)

[matom01]

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[clavainov]

katydids // tettigoniidae

saddle-backed bush cricket - ephippiger ephippiger, barbitistes serricauda (m)

great green bush cricket - tettigonia viridissima, dark bush cricket - pholidoptera griseoaptera

blue-winged grasshopper - oedipoda caerulescens (f), red-winged grasshopper oedipoda germanica

other grasshoppers 🤷

[simon-newman]

Interesting. I've never seen one and I do pay attention.

I'm always on the lookout for Oedipoda caerulescens while outdoors. They're "easy" to spot as they have blue wings they spread out while getting away.

I believe I'd notice Psophus stridulus due to it's red wings.

Range: Central Europe, Southern Europe, Siberia, Central Asia, East Asia, & the Near East

[ichbineinkriechend]

BLUE-WINGED GRASSHOPPER SPOTTED!!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!

[ID: Three pictures of a blue-winged grasshopper (oedipoda caerulescens), in the first two it's sitting on the floor so you can only see its body in different shades of brown. The third picture is blurry, but you can see it jumping with its wings spread, showcasing their blue color.]

[nunoxaviermoreira]

Hornet devouring grasshopper / Hornisse frisst Heuschrecke by vogl_claus A hornet (Vespa crabro) is devouring a red-winged grasshopper (Oedipoda germanica). Eine Hornisse (Vespa crabro) frisst eine rotflügelige Ödlandschrecke (Oedipoda germanica). https://flic.kr/p/2jwPrPL

[fulviomeloni]

Blue-winged grashopper by Roland-F http://ift.tt/2zmyBCA #macro

[liebelesbe]

YOU 👇

it's a blue-winged grasshopper (Oedipoda caerulescens)!! Blauflügelige Ödlandschrecke in german <3

saw a grasshopper on the street and gently herded it into our garden so it wouldn't get run over and when it jumped i could see that IT HAD BLUE WINGS!!!

so naturally I was late to the library bc I tried to take pictures of it (it was too jumpy and I didn't get any 😔)

[princessneleam]

Oedipoda caerulescens, or the blue-winged grasshopper. You can kind of see the blue in the wings of the cross stitch, the back stitching honestly covered it up a little bit.

I wanted to make sure I found a photo of one with it’s wings showing.