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Horse Lubber Grasshopper
Taeniopoda eques
20.5282, -100.361
Field Notes
Description:
This picture shows a female displaying its defensive behaviour. When threatened this large grasshopper (about 8cm) produces a hissing sound and exposes its brightly coloured hind wings. In addition, it can also release a toxic substance. It advertises its unpalatability by bright yellow markings over a shiny black body. The black colour also seems to aid its thermoregulation, necessary to survive and reproduce in the cold winter nights in the desert.
Habitat:
Found in El Cimatario nature park, just outside Queretaro, in a semi arid region in central Mexico.
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 30, 2016
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