Photos of autumn grasshoppers. D. opos and G. sedakovii

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Bianor, 21.02.2007 13:53

October 2, 2006.

Gampsocleis sedakovii obscura (Walk.) is a widespread grasshopper in the vicinity of Blagoveshchensk. Like most other grasshoppers, it has an easily recognizable voice. Sedakov's voice was like the sound of a comb being swiped with a finger. A vicious, sullen and gloomy creature.

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Deracantha opos (Pall.) is the largest grasshopper of the Amur region and one of our largest insects. If in the fall in Blagoveshchensk someone you know comes running to you with huge eyes and starts talking about a "giant insect", you can be sure that this is Gulo - Pallasov tolstun. Has an incomparable voice, similar to the hiss of compressed air coming out under high pressure. Females also have a voice, but they do not give it often. It used to be quite rare, but recently the population has been steadily growing.

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21.02.2007 17:10, Bianor

PPS
After you. In my opinion, Tettigonia ussuriana (Uv.). October 2005, Primorsky Krai, Lazurnaya Bay area.

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In captivity, I tried to keep fat dogs, but..... I can't say that it's very interesting - they eat and sleep. Adult females need land in which to lay their large (~1 cm long) eggs. When bored with plant food, they show predatory tendencies. After the cabbage diet, I enjoyed eating boiled fish skins. In addition, males of this species are the best way to quarrel with their neighbors. Having a very loud and specific voice, they will drive anyone crazy. And, what is most terrible, it is very difficult to determine the place where this "compressed air" sizzles...

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28.08.2011 20:57, Bianor

Some more grasshoppers.

Female Gampsocleis sedakovi lays eggs:

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Recently, I met a female, all the entrails of which were devoured by a hairy worm. The process of extracting it was even captured on video.

Male Gampsocleis ussuriensis. Prefers wetter places than Sedakov with dense vegetation. It can often be found on mowing and just in the weeds. Together with Sedakov, this species has never been found before. Since their voices are almost identical, it is only by biotopes that you can understand what kind of species you are catching.

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Uvarovites inflatus is a very cautious animal. I've never seen a female in my life. The voice is very familiar-a chirp in which individual clicks are heard much less often than in other grasshoppers.

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Plastinoptera Phaneroptera falcata:

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A close relative of crickets is the trumpeter Oecanthus longicaudus. Male:

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And the female:

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The voice is unmistakable. Judging by the fact that the Japanese usually produce the voice of their "singing cicatas" as "ryu-ryu-ryu-ryu", we are most likely talking about trumpeters. It is found in sagebrush forests in fat herds.

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30.08.2011 10:51, Bianor

Gumpsokleys are ground dwellers, and they climb bushes to yell. For example, it is very difficult to meet females on bushes. In case of danger, they immediately fall to the ground and make their feet. Sedakovs prefer arid habitats, they are found together with tolstonians, but if tolstonians live only in settled areas and never leave them, then sedakovs will be satisfied with any dry territory with sparse vegetation. For example, a sand pit or the surface of a landslide. The fat ones, when the harvest year falls, climb the areas adjacent to the settled meadows, but do not go far. Uvarovites are small, but larger than small grasshoppers like metrioptera. Here, I took a picture to zoom in:

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Deracantha onos, Gampsocleis sedakovi, Gampsocleis ussuriensis, Ruspolia nitidula и Uvarovites inflatus.

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31.08.2011 4:54, Bianor

Uh-oh... These may be local variations in size. I somehow got used to Ussuriensis being slimmer than Sedakov. However, Sedakov also has a larger size spread - most of it corresponds to Ussuriensis, but quite often there are quite powerful specimens, just like in the photo. Sedakov, by the way, is "angrier" and willingly (and painfully!) it bites. Another equally feisty and biting species is Ruspolia, which is generally active at night, I keep trying to catch it for shooting and everything fails. I suspect that they are quite active predators.

Uvarovites at least always voices from the bushes and leaves the bushes. In our region, a low-growing shrub Lespedeza bicolor from the family grows. legumes, creating dense, absolutely impassable impassable thickets in the undergrowth and just on the slopes. The height usually does not exceed one meter. That's just lespedetsa and there is a favorite roost for uvarovites. In the photo, he is just sitting on a lespedets.

Typical ravine-gully terrain with settled meadows. Places where tolstun, Sedakov, and uvarovites breed:

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Actually, lespedets:

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31.08.2011 16:02, Bianor

Adults I stuffed with cotton wool, even already adapted not to damage the integuments much-a small transverse incision between the abdomen and the back of the chest is enough. And I tried to inflate the larva like a caterpillar, but first of all, this is already Jediism, and secondly, the ovipositor germ was too hot for her. There is a photo of the result in this topic:

http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtopic=277516

By the way, now they are in bulk. I haven't seen any females yet, but the males are stunning. I can prepare a couple of pieces and send them if you are interested in the view. I just don't know how to send it to your region - it's already abroad. And there may be problems with soaking/straightening if the cotton wool is inside.

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