#grasshoppers — Public Fediverse posts

No wonder, then, that so many insects pretend to be a dry twig of grass, like this grasshopper, Chorthippus maritimus, with outstanding camouflage when in the right place:

http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/394456354

#iNaturalist #entomology #Orthoptera #grasshoppers

#summer #zomer #nature #natuur #damselflies #juffers #butterflies #vlinders #nederlandsevlinders #spiders #spinnen #grasshoppers #sprinkhanen #nederlandsenatuur #macrophotography

#summer #zomer #nature #natuur #bees #bijen #flies #vliegen #grasshoppers #sprinkhanen #nederlandsenatuur #macrophotography

#Crickets and #grasshoppers communicate via #bioacoustics for mate recognition. In turn this can be used for #species #identification e.g. via passive audio monitoring and #machinelearning. Do you have some #mustreads on this topic?

And, in breaking news, here's the first migratory locust ever seen in Lincoln, NZ, seen today by William Harland at 2:30 pm.

This is a widespread cosmopolitan species considered native to NZ, and with the Māori name Kapakapa. In the right conditions elsewhere in the world it reaches pest-level densities.

https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/360776118

#insects #orthoptera #iNaturalistNZ #locust #grasshoppers

this is one of my favorite pictures i've taken. it's hard to see when not zoomed in but above this little #PalmWarbler there's a grasshopper sitting on a leaf. i love a good bogo deal. #birds #grasshoppers #prairie