21. Suicide Grasshoppers Brainwashed By Parasite Worms Sep 1, 2005 A parasitic worm that preys on grasshoppers uses a chemical cocktail to brainwash its victims into committing suicide, scientists say. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0901_050901_wormparasite.html

National Geographic News, Reporting Your World Daily Wednesday, May 28, 2008 MAIN ANIMAL NEWS ANCIENT WORLD ENVIRONMENT NEWS ... VIDEO Suicide Grasshoppers Brainwashed by Parasite Worms James Owen for National Geographic News September 1, 2005 Parasites were the inspiration behind the creature that terrified moviegoers in Alien. Scientists say hairworms, which live inside grasshoppers, pump the insects with a cocktail of chemicals that makes them commit suicide by leaping into water. The parasites then swim away from their drowning hosts to continue their life cycle. Printer Friendly Email to a Friend SHARE Digg StumbleUpon Reddit RELATED Are Humans Furless to Thwart Parasites? Locusts Inspire Technology That May Prevent Car Crashes Sea Trout Loss Linked to Salmon Farm Parasite Samoa Worm Sperm Spawns Annual Fiesta A team of French biologists made the discovery after monitoring grasshoppers that became trapped in a swimming pool in southern France. Postmortems of the grasshoppers suggest that worms triggered the insects' death leaps by sabotaging their central nervous systems. Writing this week in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B

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23. Grasshoppers, Crickets And Katydids - Order Orthoptera grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids that we find in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_grasshoppers/index.html

Home Grasshoppers Gryllacrididae Striped Raspy Cricket ... Guest book Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids Order Orthoptera This page contains pictures and information about Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. Grasshoppers, crickets and katydids are in Order Orthoptera. Their size ranges from 5mm to 100mm. Most of them have their hind legs highly developed, much stronger and larger than the other four legs. They are very good in jumping. The adults insects have four wings, the front wings, knows as tegmina, is tough and narrow when compare with the hind wings. At rest, the hind wings folded like a fans, covered and protected by the tegmina. The flight is mainly achieved by the broadly opened membranous hind wings and the tegmina will give only little help. They are incomplete metamorphosis and their young, the nymphs, look much the same as their adults excepts smaller and wingless. Later instars have wing buds but still cannot fly. Many species in this order can sing by stridulation. Males use sound to attract females. For most species sound is produced by rubbing modified portions of the forewings together.

24. IPM : Field Crops : Grasshoppers The differential grasshopper is the largest economically important species. It is 11/2 to 1-3/4 inches long, yellowish, with brown and black markings and http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/fieldcrops/insects/grasshoppers/index.html

IPM Site Index Field Crops Alfalfa Corn Sorghum Soybeans Fruits Apples Brambles Grapes Strawberries Vegetables Asparagus Cole Crops Cucurbit Crops Potatoes Sweet Corn Sweet Potatoes Greenhouse Livestock Educational Materials Videos FAQs Decision Aids Grasshoppers Differential Grasshopper Melanoplus differentialis Migratory Grasshopper Melanoplus bilituratus Red-legged Grasshopper Melanoplus fermur-rubrum Crickets Gryllid spp. Long-horned Grasshoppers Tettigoniid spp. Description The differential grasshopper is the largest economically important species. It is 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 inches long, yellowish, with brown and black markings and distinct chevron-like black markings on the hind legs. The adults of migratory and red-legged grasshoppers are about 1 inch longreddish-brown above and yellow beneath, with red-tinged hind legs. The nymphs are wingless, but otherwise resemble the adults. The elongated, brown-to-orange eggs (glued together in masses) form a pod in uncultivated soil,usually 1 to 2 inches below the surface. The differential grasshoppers winter as eggs and do not appear as adults until summer. Click on image for larger version Figure 1.

25. Grasshoppers In Field Crops Control grasshoppers in the weedy areas with low rates of insecticides; once they reach the field margins, they may be larger in size and require higher http://www.ext.colostate.edu/Pubs/insect/05535.html

@import "/styles/coopext_adv.css"; no. 5.535 Grasshoppers in Field Crops by F.B. Peairs Quick Facts... Grasshoppers often appear first in weedy areas of roadsides, fence rows, irrigation ditches and other noncrop areas. After these food plants are gone, the Insects leave in search of other food, often an irrigated crop or newly emerged winter wheat. Control grasshoppers in the weedy areas with low rates of insecticides. Once they reach field margins, they may be larger and require higher rates of insecticides for control. Two options are available to farmers once it has been determined that Crops are threatened: poison baits and foliar or soil insecticides. Grasshoppers are one of the most important insect pests in Colorado. They follow a roughly 22-year cycle in Colorado. The last major outbreak was in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Some problems occur even in years of low numbers. Although they are most important on rangeland, they also attack field Crops, often with economic losses to the farmer. An exception is sorghum, which usually is not fed upon once it has reached about 10 inches in height. Grasshoppers lay eggs in undisturbed areas, usually in late summer and early fall. Small nymphs or "hoppers" hatch the following spring. Winged adults appear five to six weeks after hatch. Eggs of a few Colorado species hatch in late summer and pass the winter as nymphs. Winged adults of these species usually appear early in the following summer, often causing undue alarm about unusually early grasshopper activity. Some of these early-season species are important on rangeland, but none are considered a threat to field Crops. Most field crop damage is caused by the differential, redlegged, two-striped and migratory grasshoppers, all species that follow the typical grasshopper life cycle.

26. Gordon's Orthoptera Page The grasshoppers, Locusts and Groundhoppers (the Ensifera) all have short . Atlas of grasshoppers, crickets and allied insects in Britain and Ireland, http://www.earthlife.net/insects/orthopta.html

Grasshoppers and Crickets (Orthoptera) Introduction The Orthoptera are a group of large and easily recognised insects which includes the Grasshoppers, Locusts, Groundhoppers, Crickets, Bush-crickets (called Katydids in America), Mole-crickets and Camel-crickets as well as some lesser groups. The Grasshoppers, Locusts and Groundhoppers (the Ensifera) all have short antennae and their ears (tympanal organs) are on either side of the first segment of their abdomen. The various crickets (the Caelifera) have antennae that at least reach their abdomens and normally reach beyond them, the Mole-crickets have the shortest antennae in this group though they are still longer than the Grasshoppers, also Crickets differ in that they have their ears on their fore tibia (front legs). There are about 20 000 known species distributed around the world, some species are very wide spread and a couple occur in both the old world and the new world i.e. the Slender Groundhopper ( Tetrix subulatum ). The smallest Grasshopper in the world is the South African Lithidium pusillium and the largest is the South American Tropidacris latreillei . Among the more unusual Orthoptera are the Proscopiidae of South America which are extremely thin and elongate resembling Stick-insects more than their Orthopteran allies, and the Stenopelmatidae a family of about 200 mostly nocturnal species many of which live in rotting wood or the leaf litter, they include the Australian King Crickets (

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28. Grasshoppers Adult Fully grown grasshoppers range in length from 19 to 38 mm. Coloration varies with species. Redlegged grasshoppers are reddish brown with a yellow http://ipm.ncsu.edu/AG271/small_grains/grasshoppers.html

Grasshoppers Differential grasshopper Melanoplus differentialis (Thomas); Twostriped grasshopper Melanoplus bivittatus (Say); Redlegged grasshopper Melanoplus femurrubrum (De Geer) Acrididae, ORTHOPTERA DESCRIPTION (several species) Adult - Fully grown grasshoppers range in length from 19 to 38 mm. Coloration varies with species. Redlegged grasshoppers are reddish brown with a yellow underside. The differential grasshopper is basically brownish yellow or olive green with contrasting black markings on the hindlegs which distinctively resemble chevrons. Greenish yellow in color, the twostriped grasshopper has two pale stripes running down its back from the head to the wing tips. Color plate Egg - Egg pods are oval to elongate and often curved. Often the size of kernels of rice, eggs may be white, yellow-green, tan or various shades of brown depending on the species. Nymph - Nymphs resemble small, wingless adults. Newly hatched nymphs are white; however, after exposure to sunlight, they assume the distinctive colors and markings of adults. BIOLOGY Distribution - Grasshoppers occur throughout the continental United States. Extensive grasshopper damage to crops, however, is fairly restricted to subhumid, semiarid areas which receive 25.4 to 76.2 cm (about 10 to 30 inches) of rain annually. Such an area includes the states from Montana and Minnesota, southward into New Mexico and Texas. Although common in North Carolina, grasshoppers seldom pose a severe threat to crops in this state.

29. Department Of Entomology Central and Southwest Rangeland at High Risk for grasshoppers (CropWatch, May 11, Lucid Key grasshoppers of the Western United States, Edition 2 http://entomology.unl.edu/grasshoppers/

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30. Orthoptera However, it is more usual to restrict the Orthoptera (Greek for straightwing ) to the crickets, grasshoppers, katydids, and their kin. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/uniramia/orthoptera.html

Orthoptera Crickets and Grasshoppers Click on either picture to receive a full-sized version! The name Orthoptera is sometimes used for all the insects in the "orthopteroid" assemblage, including roaches , earwigs, mantises, and many others. However, it is more usual to restrict the Orthoptera (Greek for "straight-wing") to the crickets, grasshoppers, katydids, and their kin. These insects are instantly recognizable by their long hind legs, which are modified for jumping. Most orthopterans can generate noise by rubbing special organs together on their legs or on their wings, a habit known as stridulation . This photograph, taken with the UCMP Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope , shows the "file" a ridged vein on the wings of a mole cricket in the genus Oecantha . Mole crickets rub this file over another specialized structure on the other wing, the "scraper," to produce sound. Special membranes on the legs or on the abdomen allow orthopterans to hear these sounds, which are used in courtship. Click on this picture to download the complete image!

31. Reality Me » Of Grasshoppers Posted by Doug McCaughan in Of Being Dad, Of grasshoppers, Philosophy , trackback. Student Should I bark at the children or use Socratic methods? http://realityme.net/2008/03/13/of-grasshoppers-325/

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32. GRASSHOPPERS GRASSHOPPER CONTROL ON AGRICULTURAL CROPS IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE grasshoppers OF WYOMING AND THE WEST FIVE STAGES OF THE MIGRATORY GRASSHOPPER. http://www.uidaho.edu/so-id/entomology/grasshoppers.htm

GRASSHOPPERS UPDATES GRASSHOPPER CONTROL ON AGRICULTURAL CROPS IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GRASSHOPPERS OF WYOMING AND THE WEST ... FIVE STAGES OF THE MIGRATORY GRASSHOPPER

33. L-5201 Grasshoppers And Their Control grasshoppers and their Control is a publication provided by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. http://insects.tamu.edu/extension/bulletins/l-5201.html

L-5201 Grasshoppers and Their Control Carl D. Patrick Extension Entomologist Grasshoppers are among the most widespread and damaging pests in Texas. Approximately 150 species of grasshoppers are known to exist in the state; however, the following five species cause 90 percent of the damage to crops, gardens, trees and shrubs: Differential grasshopper Melanoplus differentialis Red-legged grasshopper Melanoplus femurrubrum Migratory grasshopper Melanoplus sanguinipes Two-striped grasshopper Melanoplus bivitattus Packard grasshopper Melanoplus packardii Differential grasshopper, Melanoplus differentalis . Adults are 1 1/8 to 1 3/4 inches long. Black chevron markings on the hind femur help identify this grasshopper. Black individuals may occur. Moving in from weedy borders, they are very destructive in cultivated crops. They are seldom found in grassland. Red-legged grasshopper, Melanoplus femurrubrum . Adults are 7/8 to 1 1/4 inches long. The hind tibia are red. They are especially damaging to alfalfa and other legumes, but can be an important pest in other crops. They are of very little importance in grassland. Migratory grasshopper

34. St. Urho: Another Reason To Drink Funny Colored Beer In March « Bug Girl’ “The legend says St. Urho chased the grasshoppers out of ancient Finland, St. Urho is nearly always represented with grapes and grasshoppers as part of http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/st-urho-another-reason-to-drink-funny-

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35. Guide To The Grasshoppers Of Wisconsin By Kathryn Kirk And Charles R. Bomar - WD Guide to the grasshoppers of Wisconsin by Kathryn Kirk and Charles R. Bomar, research, science, publications, publication list. http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/es/science/publications/ss1008_2005.htm

Program Search Home About Topics ... More... Guide to the Grasshoppers of Wisconsin Kathryn Kirk and Charles R. Bomar This guide provides the first comprehensive treatment of Wisconsin acridids and includes keys for identification of species , full color plates , maps of known species distributions , descriptions of habitats occupied, and comments on taxonomy, life history, and ecology of the individual species. The conservation status of each species is also assesed by listing its state rank. This 150-page booklet provides the first ever comprehensive up-to-date reference for all Wisconsin grasshopper species. Front cover: Melanoplus differentialis differentialis Photo by Franziska Lang Used with permission. This guide provides the first comprehensive treatment of Wisconsin acridids and includes keys for identification of species , full color plates , maps of known species distributions , descriptions of habitats occupied, and comments on taxonomy, life history, and ecology of the individual species. The conservation status of each species is also assesed by listing its state rank. Guide to the Grasshoppers of Wisconsin by Kathryn Kirk and Charles R. Bomar is available free of charge from the Wisconsin DNR through the Bureau of Integrated Science Services. To obtain free copies please contact Martin Griffin, Science Communications Manager, at 608.266.0842 or

36. Common Grasshoppers In Florida grasshoppers (Orthoptera Acrididae) are common insects in Florida s natural areas. They are among the most abundant herbivores in grassland ecosystems and http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN010

Whole Document Navigator (Click Here) Top of Document Footnotes Common Grasshoppers in Florida J.L. Capinera Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) are common insects in Florida's natural areas. They are among the most abundant herbivores in grassland ecosystems and are an important source of food for wildlife, especially birds. There are about 70 species of grasshoppers in Florida. Some species are quite rare and endangered, or unique to Florida. Grasshopper species tend to have similar life histories. Eggs, clumped together in pods, are deposited in soil. Typically there are five or six nymphal stages between the egg and adult stages. Normally there is only one complete life cycle per year, but several species have more than one generation. Feeding habits vary greatly. Some species feed only on grasses, some only on broadleaf plants, while others feed on a wide variety of plants. Many species will consume dried plant material as well as green, and even exhibit cannibalism. Often grasshoppers will disperse when favored food plants are depleted, moving into nearby crops. Pictured are some of the more common species: Green slantfaced grasshopper

37. Grasshoppers & Katydids Of Kentucky - University Of Kentucky Entomology Like all insects, grasshoppers have 6 legs, 2 antennae, and 3 body parts. grasshoppers are distinctive because of their large back legs. http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/grasshoppers/grasshoppers.ht

University of Kentucky Entomology Kentucky Critter Files Kentucky Insects University of Kentucky Department of Entomology - Kentucky Critter Files Critter Files ARTHROPODS: GUEST CRITTERS: SEARCH: THUMBNAILS: Critter Files Insects By Blake Newton University of Kentucky Department of Entomology TAXONOMY WHAT IS A GRASSHOPPER? LIFE CYCLE ECOLOGY PEST STATUS ... MYTHS, LEGENDS, AND FOLKLORE WHAT IS A GRASSHOPPER? Like all insects, grasshoppers have 6 legs, 2 antennae, and 3 body parts. Grasshoppers are distinctive because of their large back legs. In fact, jumping legs like these are only found on crickets, grasshoppers, and their relatives. These insects also have leathery front wings (called "tegmina") which help protect the delicate back wings. Females have a long "ovipositor" at the tip of their abdomens which is used to lay eggs. WHAT IS A KATYDID?

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39. Grasshoppers The grasshopper, praying mantis, cricket, katydid, locust and cockroach belong to this group of insects. Their mouth parts are specially designed for http://www.virted.org/Animals/Grasshoppers.html

Grasshopper The grasshopper, praying mantis, cricket, katydid, locust and cockroach belong to this group of insects. Their mouth parts are specially designed for chewing with jaws that move back and forth rather than up and down. They have two pairs of wings. The front pair is long, narrow and stiff. The back wings are like cellophane with veins and are wider. The back wings fold up under the front wings when they are not in use. In some of these insects such as the grasshopper, the rear legs are powerful and allow them to jump and spring forward. It also makes noises by rubbing its legs against its wing veins. All insects in this group undergo incomplete metamorphosis. The grasshopper and cricket destroy crops but the praying mantis eats insects that are harmful to crops. Animals Home Animal Functions Animal Classification Protozoa - One Celled Animals ... Animals Index

40. Asia Times Online :: Asian News And Current Affairs - Western Grasshoppers And C Sep 5, 2007 In the present iteration of Aesop s fable, American consumers are the grasshoppers and Chinese (and other Asian) savers are the ants. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/II05Dj01.html

Front Page Greater China China Business South Asia ... Forum Sep 5, 2007 Western grasshoppers and Chinese ants By Spengler A major theme is missing from the central bankers' annual retreat at Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Everyone is talking about collapse of the US home-price bubble and the danger of recession, but no one is talking about the suckers who financed the bubble, namely the savers of Asia. Asia will do so no longer. If the United States wants Asian investors to continue to take risk on its shores, it will have to allow them to buy solid US companies, rather than the sort of debt derivatives that blew up this summer. One exceptional fact accounts for the instability in financial markets during recent weeks: the Chinese and many other Asians save about half their income, while Americans save none of their income at all. Foreigners, mainly Asians, invest US$1 trillion a year in the United States, because their home economies cannot absorb so much investment, or because the political risk attached to local investments is too great.

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