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Slant-faced Grasshopper

Atractomorpha psittacina psittacina

Photo by John B.
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Field Notes

Description:

Atractomorpha psittacina psittacina is usually green in colour, but this one is an example of the "brown form".

Habitat:

Spotted in the rice mill backyard on Water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) locally known as Kangkong. Plant identification - http://www.stuartxchange.org/Kangkong

Notes:

My previous spottings of Atractomorpha psittacina psittacina -
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/181640532
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/38365750
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/182865185
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1730753516
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/714854899
There is a very nice picture of a "brown form" nymph on arne.roysland's spotting - https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1544722475

Reference Links:

Atractomorpha (grasshopper) - Wikipedia, subspecies Atractomorpha psittacina psittacina (Haan, 1842): Orthoptera Species…

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