Mt. Sentinel, Lolo National Forest, MT September 12, 2015 Robert Niese
BugGuide has become an indispensable resource for all my insect identification needs, but rarely do I come across pages so eloquently and comprehensively written as those by David Ferguson. His passion for band-winged grasshoppers makes these entries a joy to read:
“T. verruculata suffusa is one of the most common and conspicuous Band-wing Grasshoppers in open pine forests of the Rockies and Sierras, where it can be seen (and heard) on most any warm summer or autumn day. The “crepitation” produced in flight is a relatively loud crackling sound, and sometimes males will hover and crackle for several seconds at a time. Never is it so loud and conspicuous as Circotettixspecies (to which it is related and similar), but nearly so.”
Fun Fact: Female horsehead grasshoppers are twice as large as the males. (Check out the “image source” link - they have a bunch of great pictures of these bizarre bugs!)
A: Mr. Hideaki Nakatsuka ( 中塚 秀昭 ) , his art Page 01,06,15. B: Mr. Black Cat (Mr. 黒猫) , his art Page 03,05 C: Mr. Toshiaki Yamazaki ( 山崎 敏昭 ) , his art Page 04,09,14 D: Ms. Megumi Hase ( はせ・めぐみ / 長谷めぐみ) or another name “Bou” ( ぼー ) , her art Page 07,11,13 E: Ms. Kasumi Haruka ( 遥 かすみ ) , her art Page 08,10,12
The page from 17 to 26 ( the page 16 or page 27 is “ INFORMATION ” , or the page 28 is the editor stuff credit ) , the another girls’ fan-art , I omitted scanning to the rest pages !
The original JAPANESE language Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross fanzine “GRASS HOPPERS” : April 29 1984 , the image archive URL is here .
The page from 17 to 26 ( the page 16 or 27 is “ INFORMATION ” , the page 28 is the editor stuff credit ) , the another girls’ fan-arts , I omitted scanning to the rest pages !
