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Koppie Foam Grasshopper

Dictyphorus spumans

Photo by staccyh
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Field Notes

Description:

It grows up to a length of 80 millimetres (3.1 in), and is toxic because it sequesters poisons from its diet, which includes a large number of toxic and distasteful plants such as milkweed.

Notes:

The name "foaming grasshopper" derives from the insect's ability to produce a toxic foam from its thoracic glands. The neck shield has a warty surface.

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Dictyophorus spumans

Species ID Suggestions

Koppie Foam Grasshopper

Dictyphorus spumans
Johan Heyns
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