Orthoptera: Quick Facts

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Meadow grasshopper

Closeup of a female fork-tailed bush katydid, Scudderia furcata, showing its long antennae and curved ovipositor, perched on a piece of weathered wood.

D'Orbigny's round-eared bat (Tonatia silvicola) flying with wings spread wide, holding a green katydid in its mouth against a dark background.

Bowl containing fried crickets garnished with cilantro, alongside slices of fresh tomato, viewed from above with chopsticks placed beside the bowl.

Orthopteran life cycle

A grasshopper clings to a green leaf while emerging from its old, translucent exoskeleton during molting.

A Great Green Bush-Cricket hangs from a grass stem while shedding its pale, empty exoskeleton, with a blurred orange and gray background.

Eastern lubber grasshoppers

A voracious herbivore

Jerusalem cricket

Side-by-side comparison of a brown cricket on the left and a camouflaged grasshopper on the right, separated by a large white question mark.

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