Grasshopper (with labels)

Orthoptera -- physiology

Grasshoppers

Dissection

Nine photographs of a grasshopper and grasshopper parts in various stages of dissection, with labels for various body parts. One photo shows the specimen being held open with T-pins.

Image 1: Grasshopper - External Features
- compound eye
- antenna
- prothorax
- mesothorax
- metathorax
- fore wing
- hind wing
- ovipositor
- tibia
- pulvillus
- claw
- tarsus
- femur
- tympanum
- trochanter
- coxa
- palp
- labrum
- head
- thorax
- abdomen

Image 2: Grasshopper - External Features (Female and Male) [two specimens in the photograph]
Top specimen:
- palp
- labrum
- clypeus
- frons
- gena
- fore wing
- ovipositor
Bottom specimen:
- antenna
- compound eye
- prothorax
- femur
- tibia
- tarsus
- trochanter
- claw
- head
- thorax
- abdomen

Image 3: Grasshopper - Female Abdomen
- epiproct
- cercus
- ovipositor

Image 4 - Grasshopper - Abdomen (Male)
- cercus
- subgenital plate
- spiracles

Image 5: Grasshopper - Front View of Head
- vertex
- ocelli
- gena
- antenna
- mandible
- maxilla
- labial palps
- labium
- maxillary palps
- labrum
- clypeus
- frons
- compound eye

Image 6: Grasshopper - Mouthparts
- clypens
- labrum
- mandible
- maxilla
- mentum
- ligula
- labium
- palps
- galea
- lacina
- stipes
- hypopharynx

Image 7: Grasshopper - Tympanum (Close Up)

Image 8: Grasshopper - Internal Features [specimen is held open with T-pins]
- crop
- gastric ceca
- eggs
- malpighian tubules
- large intestine
- muscle
- small intestine
- stomach

Image 9: Grasshopper - Internal Features (Close Up)
- gastric ceca
- malpighian tubules

Biological Sciences

State University of New York at Buffalo

10/12/2005

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