We’re an international organization dedicated to connecting people interested in Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, etc.) and the other 9 insect orders that comprise Polyneoptera (“orthopteroids”): Blattodea (+Isoptera), Dermaptera, Embioptera, Grylloblattodea, Mantodea, Mantophasmatodea, Phasmida, Plecoptera, and Zoraptera.
Latest News
Orthoptera Species Files Grants Funded for 2021
Grants Supporting the Orthoptera Species File The OSF grants committee received and evaluated 10 proposals by applicants from eight countries: Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Croatia, Germany, India, Pakistan, and South Africa. The four proposals listed below were funded. They have been selected based on the amount of data (images, specimen records,
New Book Published: A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya
A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya by Claudia Hemp, with contributions from: Andreas Hemp; Klaus-Gerhard Heller. Please see the publisher’s page for more information: Schweizerbart Science Publishing. To order, contact mail@schweizerbart.de – the price is 54.90 Euro, but only 27.45 Euro for Orthopterists’
New Metaleptea Issue: 41(1)!
The latest issue of Metaleptea (Vol. 41, Issue 1) has been published. You can read it here.
2021 Orthoptera Species File Grants Available! Application Deadline February 28, 2021
New 2021 grant opportunities are available for the Orthoptera Species File! The application deadline is February 28, 2021. Please follow this link for instructions on how to apply. Requirement: you must be a member of the Orthopterists’ Society to apply. Find more grant and award opportunities here.
2021 Theodore J. Cohn Research Fund Applications Due March 31, 2021!
Students and Postdoctorate members of our society – applications for the 2021 Theodore J. Cohn Research Fund are due by March 31, 2021 – please visit the TJC Research Fund page to learn more. You can’t get one if you don’t apply!!!
Encyclopedia of Pest Orthoptera of the World Book Now Shipping Worldwide
http://orthsoc.org/publications/books/ Encyclopedia of Pest Orthoptera of the World (2019, 311 pp.) by Michel Lecoq and Long Zhang (Sc. Ed.) from China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. ISBN: 978-7-5655-2232-1. This encyclopedia covers the main Orthoptera species–locusts, grasshoppers and crickets–considered as important pests of crops and pasture worldwide. Some of these species are invasive at a
New Metaleptea Issue: 40(3)!
The latest issue of Metaleptea (Vol. 40, Issue 3) has been published. You can read it here.
New Metaleptea Issue: 40(2)!
The latest issue of Metaleptea (Vol. 40, Issue 2) has been published. You can read it here.
Jago’s Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa Vol. 4 Now Available!
In volume 4 of the handbook series of “Jago’s Grasshoppers and Locusts of East and North-East Africa” the Acridinae subfamilies Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, and Oedipodinae are treated. The book has 232 pages and is fully illustrated with many of the species shown alive for the first time. For most of those
SINA Has A New Home!
Good news! The incredible Singing Insects of North America (SINA) site officially has a new home as part of the Orthopterists’ Society website. The transition has been in process for many months and is complete at last! Please update your bookmarks to: https://orthsoc.org/sina/
New Book Published! Encyclopedia of Pest Orthoptera of the World
A new book on Orthoptera has just been published! LECOQ M., ZHANG L. (Sc. Ed.), 2019. Encyclopedia of Pest Orthoptera of the World. China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. 311 p. ISBN: 978-7-5655-2232-1 This encyclopedia covers the main Orthoptera species–locusts, grasshoppers and crickets–considered as important pests of crops and pasture worldwide. Some