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Photo by Scott Frazier
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Secondary vegetation on cleared forest in front of limestone ridge/cliffs and behind sandy ocean beach.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)

I did check. "and as far east as India and southwest Asia". New Guinea is well east of that.
Check... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_locust
Can be Desert Locust... Schistocerca gregaria
Nice one.. Eyes are like a Locust, its must be at juvenile stage.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2011

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