Listen to the woodland grasshopper
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About the woodland grasshopper
The woodland grasshopper is a insect in the family Acrididae (order Orthoptera).
What does the woodland 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 rufipes, the woodland grasshopper, is a species of short-horned grasshopper belonging to subfamily Gomphocerinae. The Latin species name rufipes means red-footed, from rufus (red) + pes (foot), with reference to the color of the legs.
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 woodland grasshopper sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the woodland 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 woodland grasshopper belong to?
The woodland grasshopper (Omocestus rufipes) belongs to the family Acrididae in the order Orthoptera.
Sources & credits
- BioAcoustica 421-3 Omocestus rufipes 588r3 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 438 7 Omocestus rufipes 727r2 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 426 14 Omocestus rufipes 609r13 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 898 2 Omocestus rufipes 73r2 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 897 11 Omocestus rufipes 69 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 375-1 Omocestus rufipes 319 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2381053 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Omocestus rufipes – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo – CC BY-SA 4.0