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रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)May 31

Whatay fascinating article on the sudden disappearance of the Rocky Mountain Locust in the USA:

“The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess”, Thomas Stafford (https://explosion-scratch.github.io/locusts/).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48281772

#Locusts #USA #Grasshoppers #Insects #Extinction

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Jon Sullivan May 12

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

StarFlowerStudioNY May 6

A Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina), rests on Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus).

#grasshoppers

1moremin May 3

hey there

#grasshoppers

Omilen Apr 21

A tiny creature in its golden world.
#MacroPhotography #Nature #Insects #Grasshoppers #Spring #Wildlife

kernpanik 🐾 🕊️ ☮ 🖖Apr 14

Tragopogon porrifolius, again. This one has a tiny visitor.

#photography #nature #plants #flowers #wildlife #insects #grasshoppers #Fujifilm #FujifilmXT2 #Fujinon #XF150to600mm #XF150to600
(photo: @kernpanik | license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Myself Jan 24

Nowadays I rarely hear the grasshoppers, as a child I heard them a lot, but now it is kind of extremely rare to hear them. I don't specifically know why, whether it's because there are too few suitable green areas in my area or something else entirely.

#Syngende_markgræshoppe #Chorthippus_biguttulus #Bow_winged_grasshopper #Grasshoppers

Global Museum Jan 22

Have you ever seen a pink grasshopper? A genetic mutation called erythrism (the overproduction of red pigment) leaves some individuals looking pretty in pink! Though these rare insects are beautiful, their vivid coloring makes hiding from predators much more difficult.

American Museum of Natural History

@AMNH #globalmuseum #insects #grasshoppers