Grasshopper Friend on My Hand. Do You Like Grasshoppers? 06.sept.2022. Kyiv, Ukraine.

How to Be Friend with Grasshopper? Do you like Grasshoppers? Kyiv, Ukraine. 06.September.2022.

Phaneroptera falcata, the sickle-bearing bush-cricket , is a species of bush-cricket belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae (suborder Ensifera, order Orthoptera). It is herbivorous and commonly measures 24 to 36 mm long. It lives mainly in very warm scrub and grasslands areas, and also on dry shrubbery and in sand pits and gardens.
Nutrition: Leaf and flower food, also small insects such as aphids, etc.
Habitat: Phaneroptera falcata prefers dry, warm areas such as higher and denser growing grasslands, dry forb communities, forest edges, extensive or abandoned vineyards, dry ruderal terrain and dry to slightly moist clearcuts.
Life cycle: The eggs are stored in leaves (between the cuticles) and overwinter there. This is the explication for the mowing intolernace of Phaneroptera falcata. Faneroptera can be observed from July to October. Phaneroptera falcata is getting adult rather late.
Endangerment factors:
Even if dry, warm habitats are decreasing, Phaneroptera falcata is able to spread due to climate change and is currently at no or little risk.

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The name of the video needs to be changed, it is incorrect. This is not a grasshopper (Acrididae), it is an herbivorous leaf-like species of katydid or bush cricket (Tettigoniidae).