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African Bush Grasshopper
Phymateus viridipes
-4.76574, 38.3838
Field Notes
Description:
Large deep green Grasshopper/locust, big square body about 12cm long and 2-3cm tall. Heavy looking segments with a glossy appearance, looks like he might taste very bitter. Eyes are quite red, the rest of the body, legs, wings, armour plating, is all this deep green and in some places a hint of yellow undercoat. Some stout black green antennae.
Habitat:
Seen actually in a very large cabbage patch on a rural farm in the Usumbara mountains.
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