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Giant red-winged grasshopper

tropidacris cristata

Photo by auntnance123
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

approx. 3 1/2 inches long

Habitat:

spotted in shurb on grounds of hostel

Reference Links:

Giant Red-winged grasshopper | Project Noah

Species ID Suggestions

Giant Grasshopper

Tropidacris cristata

Reference Link
bayucca
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Comments (2)
auntnance123
I thought I had remembered this from the Insect Museum at the University of Costa Rica, San Pedro--just couldn't recall the name.
bayucca
I think it is Tropidacris cristata, Giant Grasshopper. I saw some additional names like Giant Red Wing Grasshopper, but I think it is not Red-winged Grasshopper. That one would be an Arphia sp. from US. http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/09/27/red-winged-grasshopper

Spotted for Missions

Mission
Path of the Tapir Biological Corridor
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 15, 2012

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