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Posted by eguzki on 12-02-2007 17:15

Finally, here is a beautiful grasshopper. Can you tell me some info about it?

Posted by Toby on 12-02-2007 21:27

its a Cricket not a Grasshopper - note the much longer antennae. I cant tell you which species though.

Posted by Lukasz Mielczarek on 12-02-2007 21:30

Ephippigera ephippiger??

Posted by Lukasz Mielczarek on 12-02-2007 22:05

Now I think - Leptophyes albovittata (Phaneropteridae)

Posted by Sergey Golubev on 13-02-2007 14:32

Hi, eguzki. I agree with second Mielczarek's reply. Firstly, it is undoubtedly Phaneropteridae - there are round openings of the acoustic organs on the tibia I as you see. Secondly, it is Leptophyes as it is wingless and has spotted femurs. I've got couple of specimens (male and female) of L.albovittata in my collection caught last summer in Central Russia. Having compared my specimens with that on the picture I tend to say that your grasshopper is L.albovittata male.
Best regard, Sergey.

Posted by eguzki on 13-02-2007 16:04

Racketman wrote:
its a Cricket not a Grasshopper - note the much longer antennae. I cant tell you which species though.

Hi Racketman!

Sorry about my ignorance but the Hungarian word "sz?cske" means grasshopper - jumping insect with long antennaes - and the word "s?ska" means - jumping insects with short antennaes - and the dictionaries translate to as "locust". Crickets are black or brown jumping insects which live in burrows and make shrill noises. I think there is a little confusion about the translations which are not correct.

Thank you

Posted by eguzki on 13-02-2007 16:10

Hi Mielczarek and Sergey!

Thank you for your exact answers!!