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Grasshopper & cricket collection

Grasshoppers & Crickets Order Orthoptera

Powerful jumpers, accomplished singers and masters of camouflage photographed in remarkable close-up.

Grasshoppers and crickets are defined by enlarged hind legs, strong mandibles and highly specialised sound-producing structures. This collection reveals their armour, sensory organs, wing textures and extraordinary variety through high-resolution macro photography.

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Schistocerca gregaria grasshopper photographed by Eduard Florin Niga

Schistocerca gregaria photographed in detailed macro view.

A closer look at Orthoptera

Built to jump, signal and survive.

Grasshoppers and crickets combine powerful movement with some of the most sophisticated acoustic communication in the insect world.

Their enlarged hind legs store and release energy for sudden leaps, while many species use specialised ridges and wing surfaces to produce calls for courtship, territory and warning.

Antennae, compound eyes and vibration-sensitive organs help them detect movement, sound and environmental change across grasslands, forests and arid landscapes.

Under magnification, their patterned exoskeletons, spines, wing veins and mouthparts reveal an unexpectedly intricate combination of engineering, camouflage and colour.

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2 published species in this collection.

2Published galleries
10Public photographs
10Available as prints

2 species