keeping and breeding grasshoppers

[Stylopidae]

Females will be larger and have a pointed abdomen, or an ovipositor depending on species.

Males will be smaller and have a more blunt, curved abdomen

 

[padkison]

Grasshopper sexing guide

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[ulg]

what is different between locustus and grasshopper

Dear all
I want to breed grasshopper for sale but I dont know what is different between Grasshopper and Locustus also cricet

how can i know which one is Grasshopper ?

and which ones Lizard's favorite?

Thanks for your help

 

[Arachno Veteran]

All I get are an occasional katydid, and some crickets (mainly field cricket and snowy tree cricket) I have never seen a grasshopper or locust?

Wow - you see snowy tree crickets? How cool! Seen any lately?
What type of katydids have you seen? The big goofy looking ones? Or the smaller neat/colorful ones? I used to do some nature exploring on LI. I'm in NY.

But Snowy Tree Crickets are awesome!

Al

 

[Venari]

Sorry to revive an older thread, but I'm curious. Where can I get some starter grasshoppers to try my hand at breeding them? Are they noisy? Stinky? better than crickets? how big are the "pinheads"?