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minus-squareChicagoCommunist [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoAt least where I’m from, locusts in their non-swarm phase are called grasshoppers, which are distinct from the smaller and softer crickets. Although I have rarely heard cricket/grasshopper be used interchangeably in some regions.
minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoI got crickets and grasshoppers mixed up
minus-squaredoublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 days agoIn Finnish, the word “sirkka” is applied to a variety of insects in the order Orthoptera (crickets, grasshoppers, locusts and katydids) “Sirkka” on its own means cricket “Heinäsirkka,” (lit. hay/grass cricket) = grasshopper “Kulkusirkka,” (lit. wandering cricket) = locust On the other hand, we call katydids horse cats
minus-squareChicagoCommunist [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoHorse cats is amazing
minus-squaredoublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days ago The resemblance is uncanny
At least where I’m from, locusts in their non-swarm phase are called grasshoppers, which are distinct from the smaller and softer crickets. Although I have rarely heard cricket/grasshopper be used interchangeably in some regions.
I got crickets and grasshoppers mixed up
In Finnish, the word “sirkka” is applied to a variety of insects in the order Orthoptera (crickets, grasshoppers, locusts and katydids)
“Sirkka” on its own means cricket
“Heinäsirkka,” (lit. hay/grass cricket) = grasshopper
“Kulkusirkka,” (lit. wandering cricket) = locust
On the other hand, we call katydids horse cats
Horse cats is amazing
The resemblance is uncanny