Thread subject: Diptera.info :: 5 Grasshoppers
Posted by TiCor on 15-08-2008 23:15
#1
These grasshoppers and a 'skin' I found in the South of France (Languedoc-Roussillon).
Could somebody help me with the identification?
1. Rhacocleis sp.?
2. 'the skin'...
3. No idea
4. Sphingonotus sp.
5. Empus pennata
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-08-2008 23:18
#2
lol. the last one IS NOT grasshoper! Empusa pennata is a mantid. It belongs to the Mantodea order, Empusidae family. ;) It is not an Orthoptera :P
Posted by TiCor on 15-08-2008 23:21
#3
Now I feel stupid. :(:D
Thanks for the correction Jorge!
Is your avatar a look-a-like of the Empusa pennata?
Edited by TiCor on 15-08-2008 23:24
Posted by Isidro on 16-08-2008 20:49
#4
2. Looks like Anacridium aegyptium.
3. Pezotettix giornai.
4. NOT an Sphingonotus. This is Oedipoda caerulescens (or maybe germanica, but in my zone germanica is extremely rare). Do you remember if do you saw this red or blue when it was flying?
5. Yes, Jorge have the same species in his avatar. In Portugal, Spain and Belgium is unmistakable. In South-East Europe can be mistaked by other two species of the genus: E. fasciata and E. fasciipennis.
Posted by TiCor on 18-08-2008 01:18
#6
Isidro wrote:
4. NOT an Sphingonotus. This is Oedipoda caerulescens (or maybe germanica, but in my zone germanica is extremely rare). Do you remember if do you saw this red or blue when it was flying?
Most of them had blue wings, some of them were reddish.
I can't remember which colour the one on the photo had.
So I'll keep it on Oedipoda sp.
Thank you very much for your help Isidro :)
@Jorge: Very nice pics!!! Which lens?
Posted by Isidro on 18-08-2008 12:16
#7
Jorge: never a female! Your nymph of Empusa is clearly a male.