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Photo by MattSalzberg
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Field Notes

Description:

Large grasshopper.

Habitat:

South Africa game reserve

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
lori.tas
That should read "extended mandibles".
lori.tas
I'm not sure, but there area few crickets in that part of Africa who have these funny extenced mandibles, and this appears to be one of them. I"ll look around some more for some image for your to compare to what you saw.
MattSalzberg
How sure are you? Think I should list it as a positive ID?
lori.tas
Probably a type of King cricket, I'm thinking Henicus brevimucronatus, but there is very little information on the web.
lori.tas
Looks more like a cricket than a grasshopper to me.

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PublishedFebruary 11, 2011

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