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

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

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

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Italian locust (Calliptamus italicus) nymph, grasshopper, Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008

Niall Benvie / Italian locust (Calliptamus italicus) against white background, Burgundy, France, August.