Ceracris kiangsu explained

Ceracris kiangsu^[1] is a species of grasshoppers in the subfamily Oedipodinae, sometimes called the yellow-spined bamboo locust.^[2] It occurs in Indo-China and southern China, where it may become a locally significant agricultural pest. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.

Mud-puddling behaviour has been noted: these insects are attracted to the sodium and ammonium ions in human urine.^[3] Overwintering as eggs occurs for up to nine months prior to the grasshoppers hatching.^[4]

External links

• Pictures (Thailand) farangsgonewild.com
• Pictures (Thailand) komchadluek.net

Notes and References

1. Tsai, P. 1929. Jour. Coll. Agric. Tohoku Imp. Univ. 10:140
2. Yu . Hai-Ping . Shen . Ke . Wang . Zhi-Tian . Mu . Li-Li . Li . Guo-Qing . Population control of the yellow-spined bamboo locust, Ceracris kiangsu, using urine-borne chemical baits in bamboo forest . Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata . January 2011 . 138 . 1 . 71–76 . 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.01076.x . 83664403 .
3. (2009): Mud-puddling in the yellow-spined bamboo locust, Ceracris kiangsu (Oedipodidae: Orthoptera): Does it detect and prefer salts or nitrogenous compounds from human urine? Journal of Insect Physiology 55(1): 78-84. (HTML abstract)
4. Zhao . Qian . Zhu . Dao-Hong . Effects of rapid cold-hardening and cold acclimation on egg survival and cryoprotectant contents in Ceracris kiangsu (Orthoptera: Arcypteridae) . Annals of the Entomological Society of America . 22 September 2023 . 10.1093/aesa/saad028.