Book on Finnish Orthoptera
Sample pages (pdf, 1.6 MB)
New book! Suomen heinäsirkat ja hepokatit (The Grasshoppers and Crickets of Finland, Orthoptera) focuses on the Finnish fauna and is written in Finnish with an English summary. Non-Finnish readers should be able to extract valuable information from the distribution maps and other graphic presentations, and will, of course, also be able to enjoy the photographs and the sound recordings (CD with 63 songs is included). In addition to the Finnish species, all Swedish and Norwegian species are included in the book. Author: Sami Karjalainen. Page size: 21 cm x 26 cm. Number of pages: 207. More that 200 nature photographs in color and a lot of other illustrations. Date: March 2009. Publisher: Tammi Publishers. ISBN 9789513144838
The book is one of the Finest Finnish Books (awarded by Finnish Book Art Committee).
Read comments about the book (partly in English)
You can buy the book from many bookshops including these:
Sweden: Adlibris
Norway: Capris
Denmark: Adlibris
NHBS (worldwide delivery)
Academic bookstore (worldwide delivery)
Check list of Finnish species
Conocephalus dorsalis
Tettigonia viridissima
Tettigonia cantans
Decticus verrucivorus
Platycleis albopunctata 
Metrioptera roeselii
Metrioptera brachyptera
Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Diestrammena asynamora
Acheta domesticus
Tetrix subulata
Tetrix fuliginosa
Tetrix undulata
Tetrix bipunctata
Tetrix tenuicornis
Podisma pedestris
Melanoplus frigidus
Locusta migratoria
Psophus stridulus
Bryodemella tuberculata
Sphingonotus caerulans
Stethophyma grossum
Chrysochraon dispar
Omocestus viridulus
Omocestus rufipes
Chorthippus brunneus
Chorthippus biguttulus
Chorthippus albomarginatus
Chorthippus parallelus
Chorthippus montanus
Myrmeleotettix maculatus
Aeropedellus variegatus
Threatened
Distribution by biogeographical provinces
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Photos
First row: Stethophyma grossum, Psophus stridulus, Sphingonotus caerulans, Stethophyma grossum, Omocestus viridulus
Second row: Chorthippus parallelus, Chrysochraon dispar, Metrioptera roeselii, Decticus verrucivorus, Tetrix subulata
Sounds (mp3 files)
Psophus stridulus, flight sound, 2 sec, 27 kt
Chorthippus brunneus, 17 sec, 269 kt
Pholidoptera griseoaptera, 20 sec, 314 kt
Acheta domesticus, 16 sec, 246 kt
Metrioptera roeselii, 47 sec, 731 kt
Contact information
Dr Sami Karjalainen, sk
korento.net
Links
Threatened and Near Threatened grasshoppers and crickets of Finland
Orthopterists' Society
Orthoptera Species File
Orthoptera of Europe
Mantis software
Norges gresshopper
Grasshoppers of Estland
Insect Sound World
Pygmy locusts
How grasshoppers jump
Dragonflies:
dragonflies.korento.net
