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 [Orthoptera] Mecostethus grossus?
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| crex |
Posted on 29-10-2006 22:16
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
From midwest Sweden 2006-10-13. Can anyone confirm that this grasshopper is Mecostethus grossus? It seems to have lost its hind legs. Thanx.
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 29-10-2006 22:37
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7342 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Confirmed as Stethophyma grossum. (It looks very unhoppy!)
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| crex |
Posted on 29-10-2006 22:45
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
I guess it soon became someone's meal ... poor thing. Thanx Tony! |
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| eguzki |
Posted on 30-10-2006 19:27
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 Member Location: Perkáta, Hungary Posts: 1140 Joined: 12.10.06 |
crex wrote: From midwest Sweden 2006-10-13. Can anyone confirm that this grasshopper is Mecostethus grossus? It seems to have lost its hind legs. Thanx. Hi crex! I think this is a locust, not a grasshopper. Locusts have shorter antennes than grasshoppers which have got long antennes. Or English doesn't distingusih them by reason of these characters? |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 30-10-2006 20:31
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7342 Joined: 19.11.04 |
In Britain, we refer to the short-antenna Orthoptera as grasshoppers (or locusts if they are very big - >35mm) and the long-antenna Orthoptera as crickets. The Tetrigidae (with the long pronotum extension) are called groundhoppers.
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