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Acrida ungarica

Acrida hungarica

Notes:

ID plase? thank you I saw this grasshopper between blades of grass on The Green Lake last week; salt from a thread on another, have a length of about 5-6 cm...



1 species ID suggestions

Ashish
Ashish a year ago
Mediterranean Slant-faced Grasshopper
Acrida ungarica Acrida ungarica Pictures, Acrida ungarica Photos | PhotoBank NaturePhoto-CZ

16 Comments

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 6 months ago

He blends in with the grass so well. I'd probably miss him.
Nice series!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar a year ago

Hello Doina...Welcome..!!
Please remove ID from Scientific name and bracket of Binomial (what is actually Scientific made in Latin) name.

DoinaRussu
DoinaRussu a year ago

Hi,Ashish! ...and I found in Wikipedia,the same link, only in Italian....Thank you!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar a year ago

Hi update the specie... Which find in many European countries like Italy close to Romania...!!

DoinaRussu
DoinaRussu a year ago

AshishNimkar, I added photos with this insect...

DoinaRussu
DoinaRussu a year ago

Ashish,I come back with the description; there are some unedited photos, after I post them, complete description...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar a year ago

Chun..check carefully Antennas are different...!!
The specie suggested find in Australia very hard to find in Central Europe... Check another specie in same Genus find in Europe.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar a year ago

Doina request you to fill details what you see while spotting this Organism... Edit and write your own description...!!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar a year ago

This one must be about 5-6 inches long including antennas.

DoinaRussu
DoinaRussu a year ago

Many thanks, everyone for visiting!
I think it is a Acrida ungarica.....?

textless
textless a year ago

What a great grasshopper - I've never seen one like it! Good picture too, of course. :)

Good picture!

auntnance123
auntnance123 a year ago

I think it's a toothpick grasshopper.

ceherzog
ceherzog a year ago

Wow! good shot of an interesting insect!

Romania

Lat: 44.57, Long: 26.55

Spotted on Oct 2, 2011
Submitted on Oct 8, 2011

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