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 Rufous Grasshopper/White-clubbed Grasshopper  Gomphocerippus rufus


 

Rufous Grasshopper/White-clubbed Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus) © Fraser Simpson

male Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus), Capel-le-Ferne cliffs, Kent, England, Oct 2023

 

 

Rufous Grasshopper/White-clubbed Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus) © Fraser Simpson

male Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus), Capel-le-Ferne cliffs, Kent, England, Oct 2023

 

 

Rufous Grasshopper/White-clubbed Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus) © Fraser Simpson

female Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus), Capel-le-Ferne cliffs, Kent, England, Oct 2023

 

 

Rufous Grasshopper/White-clubbed Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus) © Fraser Simpson

female Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus), Wye NNR, Kent, England, Sep 2021

 

 

Rufous Grasshopper/White-clubbed Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus) © Fraser Simpson

male Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus), Hartslock Nature Reserve, Oxfordshire, England, Aug 2019

 

 

Sonogram of Rufous Grasshopper calling song/stridulation

Hartslock Nature Reserve, Oxfordshire, England  51° 30' 40.7" N  01° 06' 47.3" E  24 August 2019

Calling song/stridulation from a male Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus) in calcareous grassland on chalk downland at 82 metres.

Fairly loud, rough/grating buzzing (8 elements/sec at ~28°C) rapidly increasing to maximum volume, repeated in bursts of up to 7 seconds. This individual repeating strophes up to four times per minute. Most numerous orthopteran at this site.

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Oscillogram of Rufous Grasshopper calling song/stridulation

Oscillogram of Rufous Grasshopper calling song/stridulation

Oscillogram of Rufous Grasshopper calling song/stridulation

Hartslock Nature Reserve, Oxfordshire, England  51° 30' 40.7" N  01° 06' 47.3" E  24 August 2019

Oscillogram of calling song/stridulation from a male Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus) in calcareous grassland on chalk downland at 82 metres.

 

 

 

Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus) habitat, Hartslock Nature Reserve © Fraser Simpson

Habitat of Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus), Hartslock Nature Reserve, Oxfordshire, England, Aug 2019

 

 

Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus) habitat, Capel-le-Ferne cliffs © Fraser Simpson

Habitat of Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus), Capel-le-Ferne cliffs, Kent, England, Oct 2023

 

  

Sonogram of Rufous Grasshopper courtship song/stridulation

Capel-le-Ferne cliffs, Kent, England  12 October 2023

Courtship song from a male Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus) waving antennae and palps in presence of a female, in an insectarium at 22.7°C. 

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Oscillogram of Rufous Grasshopper courtship song/stridulation

Oscillogram of Rufous Grasshopper courtship song/stridulation

Capel-le-Ferne cliffs, Kent, England  12 October 2023

Courtship song from a male Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus) waving antennae and palps in presence of a female, in an insectarium at 22.7°C. 

 

 

 

Sonogram of Rufous Grasshopper calling song/stridulation

Capel-le-Ferne cliffs, Kent, England  12 October 2023

Calling song/stridulation from a male Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus) in an insectarium at 22.7°C.

[File name: rufousgrasshopper112908ecut3] Click here for the MP3 file


     

 

Oscillogram of Rufous Grasshopper calling song/stridulation

Oscillogram of Rufous Grasshopper calling song/stridulation

Oscillogram of Rufous Grasshopper calling song/stridulation

Capel-le-Ferne cliffs, Kent, England  12 October 2023

Calling song/stridulation from a male Rufous Grasshopper (Gomphocerippus rufus) in an insectarium at 22.7°C. 

 

 

 


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