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#NewSpecies
New cave #cricket from #malaysia just chirped:

Paradiestrammena sabahensis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/59853103-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#Zookeys #ParadiestrammenaSabahensis

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#OA #taxonomy #ecology #nature #animals #fauna #entomology #insects #orthoptera
Paradiestrammena sabahensis in its natural environment, male.
November 6, 2026 at 7:21 AM
rockwolf74.bsky.social
A nice surprise to find Southern Oak Bush-cricket (Meconema meridionale) in Eccleshall (Staffs) today! #Orthoptera
November 1, 2026 at 7:17 PM
grays.art
Differential grasshopper
(Melanoplus differentialis)

on wild sunflower bud
(Helianthus)

Mathews County, Virginia 10-13-26

A quiet morning blending into the textured autumn sepals.

#ColorADay #greenSat #eck #macro #nature #green #threeWordGenre #art #macroPhotography #native #orthoptera #bugsky
Macro of a differential grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis) perched on a large, textured wild sunflower bud (Helianthus), photographed on October 13, 2026, in Mathews County, Virginia. Facing right in a profile perspective, the insect has a light tan and yellow head with dark markings behind its compound eye, and its tan wings stretch back along its body. Its long legs grasp the thick, triangular green bracts of the flower bud, which are heavily covered in fine, white fuzzy hairs. The background is a soft, dark green out-of-focus foliage bokeh.
November 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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CRV Science Wiki
🐙 Orthoptera — Orthoptera (from the Greek orthos, "straight," and pteron, "wing") is an order of hemimetabolous (incomplete-metamorphosis) neopteran insects inside superorder Polyneoptera comprising more than 29,000 described extant species…

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CRV Science Wiki 🐙 Orthoptera — Orthoptera (from the Greek orthos, "straight," and pteron, "wing") is an order of hemimetabolous (incomplete-metamorphosis) neopteran insects inside superorder Polyneoptera comprising more than 29,000 described extant species of grasshoppers, locusts, crickets, kat…
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November 6, 2026 at 10:28 AM
sohkamyung.bsky.social
This strange looking tiny insect is the nymph of a Eumastacoid Stick Grasshopper, maybe genus Chorotypus. Spotted at Rifle Range Nature Park on 21 Dec 2025.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Insects #Grasshopper #Orthoptera
A small grasshopper nymph resting on a wooden railing. It is light brown with dark patches. It is resting on four legs, with its long hind legs drawn up close to the body. Its abdomen is curved upwards behind the body.
November 5, 2026 at 1:31 PM
royentsoc.bsky.social
🦗 Today is the #Orthoptera SIG Conference 2026!

We're looking forward to welcoming attendees to @nhm-london.bsky.social for an afternoon celebrating grasshopper, cricket and bush-cricket research, conservation and recording.

Safe travels, and we'll see you soon!

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Welcome all to the Orthoptera SIG at NHM London!
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November 4, 2026 at 8:43 AM
stuvigreen.bsky.social
Attended Royal Ent Soc annual Orthoptera meeting, Nat Hist Mus, on Wed.🦗
Each year, I spot new detail in the architecture 👉 zoom in on photo 3.
A cathedral of natural history!
Gave a talk & displayed some amazing original illustrations unseen since 1965! It seems the grasshoppers got their revenge!😮
November 6, 2026 at 8:35 AM
gmanoli.eurosky.social
Order: Orthoptera
November 2, 2026 at 6:21 PM
wordbot.bsky.social
Word of the Hour: Orthopterous - Of or pertaining to the Orthoptera. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay
November 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
darwinnernz.bsky.social
What does it mean when we talk about Gondwana distributions of species? We unearth some gems from EcoLincNZ. This time it’s the original article from 2008.

lincolnecology.org.nz/2026/11/02/t...
The different meanings of ‘Gondwanan’
Unearthed Gems – EcoLincNZ articles from the last two decades see the light again! From 2008… Tuatara, leiopelmatid frogs, weta (Orthoptera), peripatus (Onychophora), southern beech (No…
lincolnecology.org.nz
November 5, 2026 at 10:29 PM
nichemodelling.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
High extinction risk for range-restricted Orthoptera in Mediterranean mountains under climate and land-use change - Journal of Insect Conservation
Abstract Climate- and land-use change represent major threats to Orthoptera, yet their combined impacts on species distributions remain poorly understood. We assessed the individual and synergistic ef...
doi.org
November 2, 2026 at 6:41 AM
viccbrown.bsky.social
Has anyone found definitive evidence that they are parasitising native Orthoptera yet?
November 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New alpine #grasshopper from #slovakia just chirped:

Podismopsis kristini

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/8095411B-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#Zookeys #PodismopsisKristini

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#OA #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #animals #fauna #entomology #insects #orthoptera
Living specimen of Podismopsis kristini, male, in nature.
October 30, 2026 at 7:16 AM
florafauna-fungi.bsky.social
This Fork-tailed Bush #Katydid (Scudderia furcata) decided I would be a good place to land.

Fun fact: These guys often cause a lot of damage to #citrus fruit as they often #bite them once before immediately moving on to the next fruit.

#photography #nature #insects #inverts #bugsky #Orthoptera 🧪🦗
A close up of a Scudderia furcata lounging on my hand
October 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM
orthopterach.bsky.social
Die Tagung der Orthopteren-Gruppe Schweiz findet am 7. November in Aarau im Naturama statt. Die Tagung bietet Einblick in Themen wie Neuentdeckungen für die Schweiz und den Entwicklungsstand bei der Gesangserkennung. Weitere Infos: www.orthoptera.ch/orthopteren-gruppe-ch

#orthoptera #grasshopper
Aiolopus thalassinus
October 27, 2026 at 8:11 PM
royentsoc.bsky.social
📢 Last chance to register for the Orthoptera SIG Conference 2026!

Join us on 4 November for an afternoon of insect science, conservation updates and discussion with fellow Orthoptera enthusiasts.

⏰ Registration closes at 17:00 (GMT), Monday 26 October - TODAY!

Register today 🔽

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October 26, 2026 at 8:43 AM
irlor.bsky.social
Saindo da seção, uma esperança
Inseto verde esperança, ordem Orthoptera, parecendo uma folha com ferrugem na ponta
October 25, 2026 at 2:10 PM
tuthill.bsky.social
from www.cell.com/current-biol...
Locusts
What is a locust? A special type of grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) distinguished by expression of a remarkable and potentially devastating form of phenotypic plasticity, known as density-dependen...
www.cell.com
October 21, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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🚨 Registration Deadline next week!

Join the conversation, exchange ideas and build new connections within the entomological community at the #Orthoptera SIG.

📅 4 November 2026
⏰ Registration deadline: 17:00 (GMT), Monday 26 October

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October 20, 2026 at 7:43 AM
elaphrornis.bsky.social
Rumor has it that Dhaneesh Bhaskar (Invertebrate Conservation Coordinator, Global Center for Species Survival) will be giving an online talk on the grasshoppers, katydids, etc. (Orthoptera) of Sri Lanka soon! More info will be posted as it becomes available.
Photograph by Amila Salgado. Molpa bilineolata (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Sri Lanka. https://flic.kr/p/5xYfPC
October 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
rockwolf74.bsky.social
Probably my last Oak Bush-cricket (Meconema thalassinum) of the year in north Shropshire today, (though have had one in November previously!) #Orthoptera
October 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
stevetypesstuff.bsky.social
Routine check of insect boxes in the museum today and… oooh that’s not good!

Off the the freezer for that one! Fortunately the Orthoptera are chunky enough to be largely intact.
A pile of frass next to the exit hole in a pinned locust Cast larval skins of museum pests.
October 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
laughingmudhopper.bsky.social
Cool video! Really would like to give you one of my Tridactylidae for one of your videos ! They can jump on water using tibial lamela! www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Jumping mechanisms and performance of pygmy mole crickets (Orthoptera, Tridactylidae)
PDF | Pygmy mole crickets live in burrows at the edge of water and jump powerfully to avoid predators such as the larvae and adults of tiger beetles... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
www.researchgate.net
October 14, 2026 at 8:40 PM
hkbm.bsky.social
Leafhoppers (family Cicadellidae) are the second-largest family in the order Hemiptera, with at least 20,000 described species worldwide. Not to be mistaken with the order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, katydids and crickets), their modified hind legs make them exceptional jumpers.
October 13, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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🚨 Two weeks left to register!

Don't miss your chance to join the RES Orthoptera community at the Natural History Museum for a fascinating afternoon dedicated to grasshoppers, crickets and more.

⏰ Registration deadline: 17:00 (GMT), Monday 26 October

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October 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM