Psoloessa delicatula explained
Psoloessa delicatula, the brown-spotted range grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America. This grasshopper exhibits postures specifically as a means of thermoregulation, lowering its abdomen towards the ground and moving its hind legs away from its body, and at temperatures above 32 degrees Celsius, will deliberately seek out shade.[1]
Further reading
- Book: The North American Grasshoppers, Volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. 1981. Otte . Daniel. Harvard. 978-0674626607.
Notes and References
- Anderson . R. V. . Tracy . C. R. . Abramsky . Z. . Habitat selection in two species of short-horned grasshoppers: The role of thermal and hydric stresses . Oecologia . 38 . 3 . 1979 . 0029-8549 . 10.1007/BF00345194 . 359–374.
