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Giant Grasshopper

Valanga irregularis

Photo by LeanneGardner
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Description:

This grasshopper was almost 10cm in length. It had been feeding on my Pink Evodia (Melicope elleryana) for days & had a healthy appetite for the leaves.

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Bands of Giant Grasshoppers - The largest grasshopper - Valanga irregularis

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Comments (7)
LeanneGardner
Thank you M Fortune! Mine is more luck than anything :) Thanks
ShannaB
Here it is Leanne, it's turned into a monster! http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/19417057
ShannaB
The fully-grown ones give me the heebies. Even the nymphs give me the heebies. There's a green nymph eating my bay tree at the moment... not sure what to do about it...!!
Maria dB
Really nice spotting, Leanne!

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PublishedFebruary 27, 2013

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