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Calliptamus italicus (Linnaeus, 1758), Calliptenus cerisanus (Serville, 1838), Calliptenus cerasinus (misspelling), Gryllus affinis, Acridium fasciatum, Gryllus germanicus, Calliptamus marginellus, Italian locust, Italienische Schönschrecke, Talijanski Krupnozadi Skakavac, 20240721 Kupres1_091
www.inaturalist.org/observations/231880981
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Almeria Spain 26-10-2021
Description:
Robust rufous-brown grasshopper with vertically striped eyes, mottled forewings and red bases to the hind wings that become conspicuous in flight.
Size:
13 - 36 mm
Wings:
Fully winged.
Stridulation:
No stridulation; song is produced by the male grating its jaws (mandibles) against each other.
Food:
Herbivorous. The species can be a serious pest of cereals, cotton and citrus trees in its native range.
Habitat:
Native to southern, central and eastern Europe, where the species lives in meadows and on agricultural land. In Britain it occurs as a scarce vagrant or accidental import.
Phenology:
Adults appear from July to November in their native range
Calliptamus italicus, the Italian locust, is a species of 'short-horned grasshopper' belonging to the family Acrididae, subfamily Calliptaminae.
This species is native of the steppes of Central Asia, but it is also present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in North Africa, and in the Near East.
Distribution and habitat
Calliptamus italicus is found in Western Europe and Central Asia.[1] Its range extends from North Africa and the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea to Central Europe, Central Asia, Mongolia and western Siberia.[2] These grasshoppers can be encountered from July through October. It thrives in warm dry habitats with sparse vegetation cover such as grasslands and rocky steppes, old quarries, gravel pits, rock-strewn areas beside rivers, sand dunes and fallow land.
Description
Young
Calliptamus italicus is a medium-sized grasshopper characterized by a significant sexual dimorphism. The adult males grow up to 14–26 millimetres (0.55–1.02 in) long, while females reach 21–40 millimetres (0.83–1.57 in) of length. This species is quite variable in size and colour. The basic coloration of the body varies from gray to brownish-reddish. The wings have a characteristic reddish or pinkish coloration, better visible when the insect is in flight. Quite evident is the dilating membrane ('pallium') of the subgenital plate of males.
Ecology
Calliptamus italicus is a polyphagous species, able to feed upon various wild plants, but also on crops, especially legumes. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is among the species preferred by juveniles, but there have been reported sporadic cases of infestation on grains and grapevine. It feeds on a variety of plants in the families Asteraceae, Chenopodiaceae and Poaceae.
Their life cycle lasts one year. The egg-laying takes place in late August - early September, usually in rocky areas exposed to the south. The female lays eggs in the soil within an ootheca that can hold 25 to 55 eggs wrapped in a spongy secretion. The appearance of the larvae takes place in May–June; the first adults appear in July.
In certain circumstances this species may develop a tendency to gregariousness with formation of very numerous aggregates, potentially harmful to crops. It normally occurs in low densities in undisturbed sparse grassland but disappears when the land is cultivated. It occurs in high densities in uncultivated land that is invaded by Artemisia, and on overgrazed pastures with weeds and bare ground. Under these conditions it can become gregarious and form locust swarms. After the breakup of the USSR in 1991, much agricultural land was left uncultivated. This gave ideal conditions for the Italian locust to breed and build up in numbers, and Kazakhstan suffered a devastating locust plague between 1998 and 2001
Subspecies
C. italicus var. albotibialis Nedelkov, 1907
C. italicus var. italicus Nedelkov, 1907
The following subspecies proposed in the past are no longer accepted. They are currently included in the nominal subspecies.
C. italicus var. carbonaria Uvarov, 1914 - C. coelesyriensis (Giglio-Tos, 1893)
C. italicus var. reductus Ramme, 1927 - C. italicus var. italicus Linnaeus, 1758)
C. italicus var. bilineata Puschnig, 1910 - C. italicus var. italicus Linnaeus, 1758)
C. italicus var. insularis Ramme, 1951 - C. italicus var. italicus Linnaeus, 1758)
C. italicus var. afghanus Ramme, 1952 - C. italicus var. italicus Linnaeus, 1758)
C. italicus var. grandis Ramme, 1927 - C. italicus var. italicus Linnaeus, 1758)
C. italicus var. gilvonigricans Voroncovskij, 1927 - C. italicus var. italicus Linnaeus, 1758)
C. italicus var. blandus Ivanov, 1888 - C. italicus var. italicus Linnaeus, 1758)
France; Brenne, Oulches 7/8/23.
OM System OM-1 + M.Zuiko 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Godox V860II + Home-made flash diffuser - 58 photos focus stacked
OM System OM-1 + M.Zuiko 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Godox V860II + Home-made flash diffuser - 159 photos focus stacked
OM System OM-1 + M.Zuiko 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Godox V860II + Home-made flash diffuser - 159 photos focus stacked
OM System OM-1 + M.Zuiko 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Godox V860II + Home-made flash diffuser - Single shot
OM System OM-1 + M.Zuiko 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Godox V860II + Home-made flash diffuser - 58 photos focus stacked
OM System OM-1 + M.Zuiko 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Godox V860II + Home-made flash diffuser - Single shot
OM System OM-1 + M.Zuiko 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Godox V860II + Home-made flash diffuser - 159 photos focus stacked
Always good to capture some species new to me when in different climes.
Airfields can be good for nature, as there is not a great deal of disturbance, especially on the periphery. This female was on the perimeter road, so had to be vigilant.
Locusts and Grasshoppers are closely related, but the latter do not have the capacity to create swarms and destroy so many food crops. But even locusts only do this in certain conditions.
Gioia del Colle, Apulia, Italy
6th October 2023
20231006 2I8A 9140
Cavalletta dei prati (Calliptamus Italicus) risalendo i pendii della bellissima val Rosandra (TS)
Italian locust (Calliptamus Italicus) climbing the slopes of the beautiful Rosandra valley (Trieste)
Calliptamus italicus, the Italian locust, is a species of 'short-horned grasshopper' belonging to the family Acrididae, subfamily Calliptaminae.
This species is native of the steppes of Central Asia, but it is also present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in North Africa, and in the Near East.
Distribution and habitat
Calliptamus italicus is found in Western Europe and Central Asia. Its range extends from North Africa and the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea to Central Europe, Central Asia, Mongolia and western Siberia. These grasshoppers can be encountered from July through October. It thrives in warm dry habitats with sparse vegetation cover such as grasslands and rocky steppes, old quarries, gravel pits, rock-strewn areas beside rivers, sand dunes and fallow land.
Description
Calliptamus italicus is a medium-sized grasshopper characterized by a significant sexual dimorphism. The adult males grow up to 14–26 millimetres (0.55–1.02 in) long, while females reach 21–40 millimetres (0.83–1.57 in) of length. This species is quite variable in size and colour. The basic coloration of the body varies from gray to brownish-reddish. The wings have a characteristic reddish or pinkish coloration, better visible when the insect is in flight. Quite evident is the dilating membrane ('pallium') of the subgenital plate of males.
Ecology
Calliptamus italicus is a polyphagous species, able to feed upon various wild plants, but also on crops, especially legumes. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is among the species preferred by juveniles, but there have been reported sporadic cases of infestation on grains and grapevine. It feeds on a variety of plants in the families Asteraceae, Chenopodiaceae and Poaceae.
Their life cycle lasts one year. The egg-laying takes place in late August - early September, usually in rocky areas exposed to the south. The female lays eggs in the soil within an ootheca that can hold 25 to 55 eggs wrapped in a spongy secretion. The appearance of the larvae takes place in May–June; the first adults appear in July.
In certain circumstances this species may develop a tendency to gregariousness with formation of very numerous aggregates, potentially harmful to crops. It normally occurs in low densities in undisturbed sparse grassland but disappears when the land is cultivated. It occurs in high densities in uncultivated land that is invaded by Artemisia, and on overgrazed pastures with weeds and bare ground. Under these conditions it can become gregarious and form locust swarms. After the breakup of the USSR in 1991, much agricultural land was left uncultivated. This gave ideal conditions for the Italian locust to breed and build up in numbers, and Kazakhstan suffered a devastating locust plague between 1998 and 2001.
Subspecies
C. italicus var. albotibialis Nedelkov, 1907
C. italicus var. italicus Nedelkov, 1907
The following subspecies proposed in the past are no longer accepted. They are currently included in the nominal subspecies.
C. italicus var. carbonaria Uvarov, 1914 – C. coelesyriensis (Giglio-Tos, 1893)
C. italicus var. reductus Ramme, 1927 – C. italicus var. italicus Linnaeus, 1758)
C. italicus var. bilineata Puschnig, 1910 – C. italicus var. italicus Linnaeus, 1758)
C. italicus var. insularis Ramme, 1951 – C. italicus var. italicus Linnaeus, 1758)
C. italicus var. afghanus Ramme, 1952 – C. italicus var. italicus Linnaeus, 1758)
C. italicus var. grandis Ramme, 1927 – C. italicus var. italicus Linnaeus, 1758)
C. italicus var. gilvonigricans Voroncovskij, 1927 – C. italicus var. italicus Linnaeus, 1758)
C. italicus var. blandus Ivanov, 1888 – C. italicus var. italicus Linnaeus, 1758)
Cavalletta dei prati - Maremma Toscana
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A species of short-horned grasshopper found from Western Europe, North Africa and east into Asia.
This example was seen and photographed on the Greek island of Corfu recently.
Calliptamus italicus (Linnaeus, 1758), Calliptenus cerisanus (Serville, 1838), Calliptenus cerasinus (misspelling), Italian locust, Italienische Schönschrecke, Talijanski Krupnozadi Skakavac, 8585 Fa, Plavnik, 4.IX.2021. 20210904 Plavnik_11 7937 PhotosCROPlavnik.
www.inaturalist.org/observations/93703492
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28.VI.2024. 20240628 7365 PhotosCROCresTarej_01, AD 8585 Fa,
www.inaturalist.org/observations/226523682
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www.inaturalist.org/observations/226526391
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www.inaturalist.org/observations/226528541
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www.inaturalist.org/observations/226615356
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www.inaturalist.org/observations/231880981
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