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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Slant-faced Grasshoppers (Gomphocerinae) » Hyalopteryx Group » Metaleptea » Clip-wing Grasshopper (Metaleptea brevicornis)
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Gomphocerinae? - Metaleptea brevicornis - male
Copyright © 2007 Graham Montgomery

Gomphocerinae? - Metaleptea brevicornis - Male
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
September 10, 2007
It made a weird sound. The closest thing I can think of to describe it is glass beads hitting a tile floor.
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 12 September, 2007 - 5:40pm
Last updated 20 July, 2011 - 10:37pm

Moved
Moved from Slant-faced Grasshoppers.
… Graham Montgomery, 27 November, 2007 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

Really?
It does look exactly like the clip-wing. Also it wasn't this individual that was making the sound. Maybe a different species that looked the same? I don't know. Thanks!
… Graham Montgomery, 12 September, 2007 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Metaleptea brevicornis
I agree, that's what it is. Most Slant-faced hoppers have a file on the inner hind femur (males more than females) which they rub on the tegmina to make a rasphy sort of scratching sound. Most Band-wings have the file on the tegmina, and make a squeaky sound. This species lacks the file entirely, but I would not doubt that it can produce sound anyway. It has tympana (ears), so it certainly can hear.
… David J. Ferguson, 26 November, 2007 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the clarification,
Dave.
… Graham Montgomery, 27 November, 2007 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Clipwing Grasshopper.
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 September, 2007 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Clipwing Grasshopper. Well, crap, I hate being embarrassed like that...We'll see what Dave Ferguson has to say.
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 September, 2007 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

Clipped-wing grasshopper.
Male Metaleptea brevicornis. Nice shot.
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 September, 2007 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
very much. I thought this family was silent! :) Oh well. I guess insect names are pretty misleading. Thanks again!
… Graham Montgomery, 12 September, 2007 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

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