Listen to the common green grasshopper
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About the common green grasshopper
The common green grasshopper is a insect in the family Acrididae (order Orthoptera).
What does the common green grasshopper sound like?
Insects make sound mechanically: crickets and grasshoppers rub a scraper against a file (stridulation), cicadas buckle ribbed membranes called tymbals, and bees and mosquitoes hum with their wingbeats.
From Wikipedia
Omocestus viridulus, known in the British Isles as the common green grasshopper, is a Palearctic species of grasshopper in the subfamily Gomphocerinae.
Related insects in the genus Omocestus
More from the family Acrididae
Migratory locust
Locusta migratoria
Large gold grasshopper
Chrysochraon dispar
Rattle grasshopper
Psophus stridulus
Bow-winged grasshopper
Chorthippus biguttulus
Small gold grasshopper
Euthystira brachyptera
Common field grasshopper
Chorthippus brunneus
Lesser marsh grasshopper
Chorthippus albomarginatus
Large marsh grasshopper
Stethophyma grossum
Frequently asked questions
What does a common green grasshopper sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the common green grasshopper on this page. Insects make sound mechanically: crickets and grasshoppers rub a scraper against a file (stridulation), cicadas buckle ribbed membranes called tymbals, and bees and mosquitoes hum with their wingbeats.
What family does the common green grasshopper belong to?
The common green grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus) belongs to the family Acrididae in the order Orthoptera.
Sources & credits
- BioAcoustica 420-12 Omocestus viridulus 587r2 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1009929 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Omocestus viridulus – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by James K. Lindsey – CC BY-SA 3.0