Orthoptera: Media
insect group
Videos
One makes music. One gives advice in Pinocchio. Which is which?
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Images
A colorful meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) on a wooden fence.
© Sandra Standbridge–Moment/Getty Images
D'Orbigny's round-eared bat (Tonatia silvicola) capturing a katydid in flight.
© Merlin D. Tuttle, Bat Conservation International/Photo Researchers, Inc.
A bowl of fried crickets, tomatoes, and vegetables.
© Stockphototrends/Dreamstime.com
The orthopteran life cycle includes four main stages before adulthood.
Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
A great green bush cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) molting its exoskeleton....
© jarafoti/stock.adobe.com
A mating pair of Eastern lubbers (Romalea guttata), found throughout the...
© Corbis
Mormon crickets (Anabrus simplex) are considered an agricultural pest in...
Stephen Ausmus—ARS/USDA
Native to North America, the Jerusalem cricket (Stenopelmatus intermedius)...
E.S. Ross
The grasshopper's green coloring makes it less conspicuous among the leaves. This...
© Kirsanov/Shutterstock.com
An adult mole cricket (Gryllotalpa species) on a leaf.
© Andrewseahphotography—Wirestock Creators/stock.adobe.com
An aptly named dead-leaf grasshopper (Chorotypus saussurei), of Asia.
Pavel Kirillov
Internal and external body plan of an adult orthopteran.
From H. Weber, Grundriss der Insektenkunde (1966); Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart
The respiratory system of a grasshopper, showing spiracles in the thorax and abdomen.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Mormon crickets (Anabrus simplex) are a type of shield-backed katydid.
© Jacob Hamblin/Shutterstock.com
In arthropods such as the grasshopper, the brain is divided into specialized areas,...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
A male elegant grasshopper (Zonocerus elegans), native to Africa.
© Eleanor H Hattingh/Shutterstock.com
VIEW MORE in these related Britannica articles:
