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Grasshoppers and Crickets 16 - Woodland Grasshoppers
WOODLAND GRASSHOPPER Omocestus rufipes (f)
WOODLAND GRASSHOPPER Omocestus rufipes (f)
WOODLAND GRASSHOPPER Omocestus rufipes (f)
WOODLAND GRASSHOPPER Omocestus rufipes (f)
WOODLAND GRASSHOPPER Omocestus rufipes (f)
WOODLAND GRASSHOPPER Omocestus rufipes (f)
- The
wing-flapping display shown above by this female Woodland Grasshopper Omocestus rufipes
appears to have been an exercise in thermoregulation on a very hot day in
southern France rather than an attempt to impress other members of the
same species. Well, if the equipment is available why not use it?! At
least this presented a rather rare opportunity to photograph a grasshopper
with its wings open in a non-artificial environment. Male Woodland
Grasshoppers may be very dark by comparison and the tip of the abdomen is
conspicuously red.
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