Identification of Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, etc.)

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27.08.2008 8:42, Bukashechnik

What I don't know, I don't know

from the reports of events in the south-east of the European part of the USSR. But now the situation is not entirely clear about the spread of certain insect species. For example, the scallop-Pyrgodera armata in Kazakhstan was noted as a species characteristic only of the south and south-east of the country, the same distribution for it is indicated in the book "Locusts of Kazakhstan, Central Asia and adjacent territories. "Lachininsky A.V., Sergeev M. G., Childebaev M. K. et al. Laramie: International. assoc. appl. Acridology and University of Wyoming, 2002. In 2005, we were on a business trip to Pavlodar region, in the north of the country, and in the collections of an employee of the local plant protection station we found several specimens. According to her, grebnevka is already a common sight in Pavlodar. The same can be said about some types of beetles. Anything can happen.

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18.09.2008 10:53, Ponyket

Locust specimens were caught in the Leninsky district of the Crimean Peninsula in late July-early August 2008. There are two versions about who it is-an Asian filly (locust) and a gray-winged filly. But maybe local experts are mistaken. picture: 2.jpg

This copy is slightly damaged and dried out - picked out from the radiator grille of the car. so maybe it's big.
Similar insects the size of matchboxes, with long leopard wings and giant legs soared in the air and ate local crops (we caught them eating sunflowers). After they nibble on a piece of green space, they begin to look for the next one, while flying over huge distances. There is a lot of information on the Internet about how far they can fly in search of food, but almost nothing is said about how high they can climb. I found out about certain types. As for the Asian filly and the gray-winged filly ,they are not said to fly at all. And their wings are decent…
A huge request, can you tell me how high these two locust species are able to climb and in general what kind of species is this?! We need a reliable source, as we learn not for the sake of sports interest, but in order to save the pilot's reputation.
Sincerely, Katerina

18.09.2008 12:15, Guest

First of all, here you have in the photo not a locust at all, but a grasshopper from the genus Decticus, most likely white-fronted (albifrons). Some species of grasshoppers (green, songbird, gray, white-fronted, isophia, etc.) sometimes also give outbreaks of mass reproduction and make flights over considerable distances, and if they suffer from thirst, they can easily gnaw sunflower, safflower, tobacco and other crops with fleshy, moisture-containing leaves.
Asian locusts fly a decent distance both in length and in height, but here I repeat, clearly not it. As for the gray-winged filly, this species is not familiar at all. Can someone clarify the etymology of the name?

I've been working with straight wings for quite a long time, but I've never heard of such a thing.

18.09.2008 16:02, Ponyket

Here is what we were given by specialists from the Plant Protection Inspectorate (Crimea) after determining the provided insect specimens: The filly is dark-winged (not gray-winged, sorry for the inaccuracy), belongs to the class of insects, the order erect-winged, to the family of true locusts. The fact that sometimes plants are damaged by thirst, not hunger, is also indicated in their report on the work carried out.
I also know about grasshoppers that they are carnivores. They eat beetles and boogers of all sorts. These same so-called "grasshoppers" ate up half of the harvest in the Leninsky district. I don't think it's all from thirst.
There are many more photos from different angles. I can post it. Some individuals still have antennae. So they are shorter than the body (in grasshoppers, as far as I know, the whiskers are longer than the body).
So, you said about flights, both in length and in height. Where can I get documented proof of this? So to speak, where it is written" in black and white " that a dark-winged filly can climb to a height of ... meters. If it is possible to quote on the forum with the title of the book, author and page. I'd appreciate it.
Katerina