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August 30, 2016 by Horticulture Intern

The Bugs of Bernheim: Grasshoppers

The Orthoptera order of insects derives from the Greek words “ortho” meaning straight and “ptera” meaning wing. Grasshoppers, Locusts, Katydids, and Crickets are all included in this order. Caelifera, otherwise […]

Filed Under: Blog, Bugs of Bernheim Tagged With: Caelifera, grasshopper, orthoptera

August 28, 2016 by Claude Stephens

The Bugs of Bernheim: Crickets (Orthoptera)

Orthoptera are named because their primary wings are straight.  There are more than 27,000 different species of orthoptera that include grasshoppers, katydids, crickets and locusts. [In Greek:  Ortho = straight, […]

Filed Under: Blog, Bugs of Bernheim Tagged With: crickets, katydid, orthoptera

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