🌍🦗 The northward expansion of the short-winged grasshopper Pezotettix giornae across Europe has been documented as a direct response to climate change over the last three decades.
➡️ Read more: doi.org/10.3897/jor.35.173175
#grasshopper
Mediterranean Banded Centipede (Scolopendra cingulata) from the Valle de Ojén #Myriapoda #Andalucía #biol0028 #uclecolgen
Wir haben mit Prionotropis hystrix ein imposante neue Art im Heuschrecken-Wiki auf Orthoptera.ch integriert.
www.orthoptera.ch/wiki/arten/c...
#insects #entomology #orthoptera #grasshopper #heuschrecken #biodiversity
Common Stick Grasshopper (Pyrgomorpha conica) from La Breña de Barsbate, Andalucía #Orthoptera #biol0028 #uclecolgen
Earthling Stone Grasshopper (Euryparyphes terrulentus) from Valle de Ojén, Andalucía #Orthoptera #biol0028 #uclecolgen
Lamenting Grasshopper (Eyprepocnemis plorans) from Valle de Ojén, Andalucía #Orthoptera #biol0028 #uclecolgen
Common Maquis Grasshopper (Pezotettix giornae) from Duna de Bolonia today #Orthoptera #biol0028 #uclecolgen
Spanish Festoon (Zerynthia rumina)
plus larva on Andalucian Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia baetica), Atlanterra, Andalucía, Spain #biol0028 #uclecolgen
Great train trip from London to Malaga via Paris & Barcelona. Highlights inc Marsh Harrier, Black Redstart, Black Kite, Greater Flamingo, Black-winged Stilt, Short-toed Eagle, Whiskered Tern & Griffon Vulture
#birdingbytrain #lowcarbonbirding
#biol0028 #uclecolgen
Just a few mentions, but there is a nice photograph of Ripipteryx tricolor.
It's been a great month for new books on Orthoptera...and it's not even my birthday yet 😁
Grasshoppers, Locusts, & Crickets of the World by M Husemann & O Hawlitschek
Field Guide to the Grasshoppers and Allies of Great Britain and Ireland by P Sutton, B Beckmann & R Lewington
New Caledonian Forests are full of hidden natural treasures! 🌿🦋
This study describes two spectacular new species of Caloptilia moths - 𝘊. 𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘴 and 𝘊. 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘢 - discovered in the Parc des Grandes Fougères.
Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1268.173885
Three Blackcaps heard sub-singing (probably in French or German 😃) this morning in Purfleet-on-Thames, favouring dense, ivy-clad trees.
#birdsong #subsong #UKBirding
🐈 What's TikTok good for? Examining which arthropods are hunted by cats.
🌍 Social media have become an increasingly useful resource in ecological research.
🪲 We now know that cats kill arthropods from 14 different orders.
🧪 Study:
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Burning the candle at both ends: two sympatric thrushes are equally detectable and sing at similar rates at dawn and dusk
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
It's not my latest Holly Blue though... had one on 18 November 2021.
Third generation Holly Blue on ivy in Purfleet this morning in 16°C sunshine with a few Ivy Bees (Colletes hederae) still around too 13/11/25.
Detail of the water pot decoration. Grasshoppers carrying flowers are also accompanying a palanquin, used to carry... presumably high ranking lady grasshoppers. A couple might also be katydids based on antennae length, but let's not get uptight about imaginary anthropomorphized bugs, eh?
The little freshwater pot, with a wooden top. This side shows more grasshoppers (possibly a katydid) carrying fruit and flowers as they march along on their hind legs.
Let's start Monday with some whimsy. These delightful grasshoppers (possibly also katydids?) are from a water jar created by Makuzu Kōzan in 1870. To see full size images: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Bet you're glad you "gave it a try" !!
Amazing - what a find!
The Sorcerer from Kenfig last night. Finally got up the courage to remove it from the pot (after some others had seen it). As far as I know, fourth British record and first for Wales. Thanks to everyone for moral support during my meltdown. But, what a moth! #TeamMoth
Well, it looks like the Corydoras have bred in my community aquarium without me knowing! 😀🐟
Vote for your New Zealand Bird of the Year #Wrybill
www.birdoftheyear.org.nz
Why Do Some Birds Sing Louder Than Others? A Global Study Has Answers www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...
Two close-up photographs of a small grasshopper perched on rocks. In the top image, the grasshopper is seen from behind, showcasing its dark, almost black body with reddish-orange hind legs and antennae pointing upward. The insect is standing on a white, jagged rock in a sunlit setting. In the bottom image, the grasshopper is viewed from the side, revealing more of its greenish-brown body and textured hind legs, with hints of red under the wings. It rests on a light-colored rock with some grass blades in the background.
"In this article, we reassess the taxonomic status of all species of the grasshopper genus Oropodisma and describe two narrow-endemic species from the Pindus Mountains in Greece" doi.org/10.3897/zook...
In the image: Oropodisma tzoumerkae sp. nov. (♂ top; ♀ bottom)
Unusual Chiffchaff song @fscblencathra.bsky.social with a regular triple-element phrase.
#biol0007 #FieldCourseFortnight #birdsong #UKBirding
An excellent night in the Lakes last night, mains traps @fscblencathra.bsky.social and a bit of field trapping on the moors. The highlight was a long awaited lifer in Beautiful Snout, followed closely by another in Mompha conturbatella. 13 NFY included a worn Sallow Kitten and Dot Moth. #TeamMoth
The sound of summer...
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus), Blencathra, Cumbria
#biol0007 #FieldCourseFortnight
#Orthoptera
A Tawny Owl hiding in the leaves
A brood of 5 Chiffchaff fledglings in a hawthorn tree.
A Goldfinch on a leafy stem
This Barn Swallow has decided to nest on the automatic closing arm of one of the doors at the Field Centre. The door is in use. Dubious decision making.
A few of the birds @fscblencathra.bsky.social this week. Maintaining our record of finding a Tawny Owl every visit; a brood of Chiffchaffs; European Goldfinch; and singing Barn Swallow. #UKBirding
