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Painted Grasshoper

Poekilocerus pictus

Photo by VivekAnandan
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A gregarious grasshopper and a friend of the farmer... eats up dry land weed Calotropis. A real avatar love story

Habitat:

Tropical Terrestrial

Notes:

Family: Acrididae

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PublishedDecember 15, 2011

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