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Gaudy Grasshopper

Phymateus sp?

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Field Notes

Description:

Pyrgomorphids are usually very colourful grasshoppers, the bright colours warning predators that they are poisonous (called aposematic colouration).” They are sometimes called Milkweed Grasshoppers.

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Latimeria
Beautiful colors! Check out those stripes.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2011

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