Great golden terrestrial
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Male of the Great Goldschrecke ( Chrysochraon dispar ) |
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The great golden insect ( Chrysochraon dispar ) is a short-antennae insect from the family of field locusts and belongs to the subfamily of grasshoppers . It is widespread in Germany.
description
A clear sexual dimorphism occurs in the great golden insect .
The males are characterized by a green, slightly metallic shimmering color. The undersides of the hind legs and rear rails are burgundy. The wings of the adult animals reach almost to the tip of the abdomen . They reach a length of approx. 19 mm and are therefore significantly smaller than the females.
The females, which can reach a size of about 30 mm, are gray-brown in color. Their wings are shortened like a stub like the larvae, but specimens with fully developed wings are occasionally observed. The hind knees of the females are dark in color, while the hind legs and rear rails are yellow.
habitat
The habitat of the great golden insect includes wetlands, but it is also widespread on fresh to moderately dry meadows, on clear-cuts and on roadsides. Wherever Chrysochraon dispar is very common, it also colonizes suboptimal habitats such as dry and poor grasslands.
Way of life
The female of the great golden insect lays the eggs in the break points of woody, medullary stems of raspberries , goldenrod or similar plants. The tip of the abdomen penetrates approx. 4 cm into the medulla of the stem. The eggs laid in this way are protected by a rapidly hardening, foamy secretion . The adults appear from late June to September.
distribution
The distribution area extends in the north to Hamburg and southern Holstein .
Red List FRG: 3
literature
- Heiko Bellmann: Locusts: observe, determine , Naturbuch Verlag 1993, ISBN 3-894-40028-5
- Heiko Bellmann: grasshoppers. The voices of 61 native species. CD, Amp Europe 2004, ISBN 3-935-32948-2
- W. Ramme: The egg laying of Chrysochraon dispar Germ. (Orth. Acrid.). Z. Morph. Ökol. Animals 7, 127-133 1927
- Heinrich Tauscher: Our locusts , Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-440-05617-1
- Siegfried Ingrisch, Günther Köhler: The locusts of Central Europe , Westarp Sciences 1998, ISBN 3-894-32461-9
- Peter Detzel: Locusts of Baden-Württemberg , Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-800-13507-8
- Josef Szij: The jumping horrors of Europe , The New Brehm Library Volume 652, Westarp Sciences Hohenwarsleben 2004, ISBN 3-894-32910-6
