The Oriental longheaded locust is a slender, cone-headed grasshopper of East and Southeast Asia — you won't find it in the wild in the US. Females are much larger than males, reaching 2.8–3.1 in (70–80 mm).
Appearance
- Appearance
- A long, thin grasshopper with a pointed, cone-shaped head, clear wings, and very long hind legs. Males are 1.6–2 in (40–50 mm), females 2.8–3.1 in (70–80 mm).
- Voice
- It lacks the leg-rubbing sound organs many grasshoppers have, but males make a clicking sound in flight as their wings strike together.
- Seasonal forms
- Individuals may be green or brown.
Where it lives
- Range
- Native to China, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Indonesia. It doesn't live in the US.
Behavior
- Diet
- Mainly the leaves of grasses.
- Overwintering
- In Japan, it spends the winter as eggs, which hatch in May or June.
Name and classification
- About the name
- It's sometimes called the Chinese grasshopper, but that name is also used for a different insect, the rice grasshopper Oxya chinensis.
Conservation
- IUCN Red List
- NENot EvaluatedNot yet assessed
Culture and stories
- Culture and stories
- People have long used it as food, and researchers have studied it as a feed ingredient for poultry.
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