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Madagascar Bush locust

Phymateus saxosus

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

large, about 3" long

Habitat:

coastal forest

Notes:

Spotted this in the grass near the coast in Fort Dauphin.

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Comments (40)

Thanks Mayra, bloodyshoegamer, kel and EnvUnlimited!
other insect made ​​of plastic
Thanks a lot Jason, that's me! Don't forget park to park. It is a very happy life indeed. Thank you Carol. Nice to see one of my old spottings get some attention again.
Cool spotting! You're amazing man! You've traveled around the world! From city to city, country to country, continent to continent.. What a happy life.. :)
wow, it's fantastic!
Well that's something you don't see everyday! Nice!
Incredible color combination. Very beautiful spotting.
Someone's been going through my spottings! Thanks for all the recent favorites Monkey-mind.
Thanks Monkey-mind and Daniele, Madagascar is truly amazing. This locust is proving to be pretty popular! I still have more to upload from Madagascar as well.
Extraordinary critter! Madagascar doesn't cease to amaze...
You have posted such amazing pictures!
Thanks! I'm glad I added a new photo to this, so any who missed it on my first post could see it.
I've updated this spotting with proper ID and another photo.

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