Ceracris kiangsu

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Ceracris kiangsuTsai, P. 1929. Jour. Coll. Agric. Tohoku Imp. Univ. 10:140 is a species of grasshoppers in the subfamily Oedipodinae, sometimes called the yellow-spined bamboo locust.{{cite journal |last1=Yu |first1=Hai-Ping |last2=Shen |first2=Ke |last3=Wang |first3=Zhi-Tian |last4=Mu |first4=Li-Li |last5=Li |first5=Guo-Qing |title=Population control of the yellow-spined bamboo locust, Ceracris kiangsu, using urine-borne chemical baits in bamboo forest |journal=Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata |date=January 2011 |volume=138 |issue=1 |pages=71–76 |doi=10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.01076.x |s2cid=83664403 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227822651}} It occurs in Indo-China and southern China, where it may become a locally significant agricultural pest. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.

Mud-puddling behaviour has been noted: these insects are attracted to the sodium and ammonium ions in human urine.{{aut|Shen, Ke; Wang, Hao-Jie; Shao, Lin; Xiao, Kai; Shu, Jin-Ping; Xu, Tian-Sen & Li, Guo-Qing}} (2009): Mud-puddling in the yellow-spined bamboo locust, Ceracris kiangsu (Oedipodidae: Orthoptera): Does it detect and prefer salts or nitrogenous compounds from human urine? Journal of Insect Physiology 55(1): 78-84. {{doi|10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.10.011 }} (HTML abstract) Overwintering as eggs occurs for up to nine months prior to the grasshoppers hatching.{{cite journal |last1=Zhao |first1=Qian |last2=Zhu |first2=Dao-Hong |title=Effects of rapid cold-hardening and cold acclimation on egg survival and cryoprotectant contents in Ceracris kiangsu (Orthoptera: Arcypteridae) |journal=Annals of the Entomological Society of America |date=22 September 2023 |volume=116 |issue=6 |pages=404–411 |doi=10.1093/aesa/saad028}}