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The use of sound is generally crucial in courtship, and most species have distinct songs. [3] Most grasshoppers lay their eggs in the ground or on vegetation. The eggs hatch and the young nymphs resemble adults, but lack wings and at this stage are often called 'hoppers'. They may often also have a radically different coloration from the adults.
The name "Grasshopper" was given to the Aeronca L-3 and Piper L-4 light aircraft, both used for reconnaissance and other support duties in World War II. The name is said to have originated when Major General Innis P. Swift saw a Piper making a rough landing and remarked that it looked like a grasshopper for its bouncing progress. [94] [95] [96]
Tetrigidae [1] is an ancient family in the order Orthoptera, [2] which also includes similar families such as crickets, grasshoppers, and their allies. Species within the Tetrigidae are variously called groundhoppers , [ 3 ] pygmy grasshoppers , [ 4 ] pygmy devils [ 5 ] or (mostly historical) "grouse locusts".
Bromus is composed of grasses called brome grasses or cheat grasses. Holcus lanatus, more commonly known as Yorkshire fog or velvet grass, is a species of perennial pasture grass noted for its hairy texture. The rufous grasshopper has also been known to sparingly eat other plants such as rushes. [6]
Adult males typically are up to about 5.3 cm (2.1 in) long and adult females up to about 6 cm (2.4 in) long. [3] [7] Adults of both sexes are bright orange-red with significant blue patches on the head and thorax, and black or very dark blue dappled spots on the abdomen and wings. There are minor local variations; those from Keep River National ...
Eumastacidae are a family of grasshoppers sometimes known as monkey- or matchstick grasshoppers. They usually have thin legs that are held folded at right angles to the body, sometimes close to the horizontal plane. Many species are wingless and the head is at an angle with the top of the head often jutting above the line of the thorax and abdomen.
Notes in the rival song are produced three to four times faster than notes produced in the normal song. [25] In the normal song notes are produced every 1.5–2 seconds but in the rival song notes are produced every 0.35–0.57 seconds. [25] Courtship songs are produced after the male produces some notes from his normal song and fails to ...
The nymphs will molt three to four times before winter. The nymphs survive through the winter and then molt one or two more times to reach adulthood. C. viridifasciata is often the first grasshopper to appear in early spring because of its overwintering. [7] Green-striped grasshoppers typically have five instars during development. [7]