Paul Harcourt Davies / Short-horned grasshoppers (Calliptamus italicus) mating, showing sexual dimorphism, Pescia Romana, Tarquinia, Umbria, Italy, September

Nick Upton / Canarian pincer grasshopper (Calliptamus plebeius) resting on a leaf, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, June.

Nick Upton / Pink-winged grasshopper / Prickly locust (Calliptamus barbarus) sunning on a boulder, Patmos, Dodecanese Islands, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Pink-winged grasshopper / Prickly locust (Calliptamus barbarus) sunning on a boulder, Patmos, Dodecanese Islands, Greece, May.

MYN / Paul van Hoof / Grasshopper (Calliptamus barbarus) female, France, July, Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul van Hoof / Grasshopper (Calliptamus barbarus) male, France, July, Meetyourneighbours.net project

Nick Upton / Grasshopper nymph (Calliptamus sp.) with wing buds visible, standing on a rock near the coast, Crete, Greece, May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Short-horned grasshoppers (Calliptamus italicus) mating, showing sexual dimorphism, Pescia Romana, Tarquinia, Umbria, Italy, September

Paul Harcourt Davies / Short horned grasshopper (Calliptamus wattenwylianus) Torrealfina, near Orvieto, Italy, August

Daniel Heuclin / Orsini's Viper or Meadow Viper (Vipera ursinii wettsteini) eating a Short-horned Grasshopper (Calliptamus italicus) controlled conditions, South East France, September. Vulnerable species.

Daniel Heuclin / Orsini's Viper or Meadow Viper (Vipera ursinii wettsteini) eating a Short-horned Grasshopper (Calliptamus italicus) controlled conditions, South East France, September. Vulnerable species.

Philippe Clement / Italian locust (Calliptamus italicus) on rock, La Brenne, France