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Bow-winged Grasshopper (Chorthippus biguttulus) © Fraser Simpson

female Bow-winged Grasshopper (Chorthippus biguttulus), Bonconseil, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Aug 2019

 

 

Sonogram of Bow-winged Grasshopper stridulation

Bonconseil, Alps, France  45° 35' 05.23" N  06° 44' 32.94" E 14 August 2019

Calling song/stridulation from a male Bow-winged Grasshopper (Chorthippus biguttulus) in roadside verge grassland.

A rasping ticking in echeme-sequences of up to four seconds with ~18 elements/sec at ~25°C. Begining quietly but quickly increasing in volume before ending abruptly. Main audible range between 4 and 10 kHz.

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Oscillogram of Bow-winged Grasshopper stridulation

Oscillogram of Bow-winged Grasshopper stridulation

Oscillogram of Bow-winged Grasshopper stridulation

Bonconseil, Alps, France  45° 35' 05.23" N  06° 44' 32.94" E 14 August 2019

Oscillogram of calling song from a male Bow-winged Grasshopper (Chorthippus biguttulus) in roadside verge grassland.

 

 

 


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