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grasshopper
-2.56277, 140.504
Field Notes
Description:
An undetermined species of grasshopper. The (short-horned) grasshopper is an insect of the suborder Caelifera in the order Orthoptera. Recent estimates indicate some 2,400 valid Caeliferan genera and about 11,000 valid species described to date. Many undescribed species exist, especially in tropical wet forests. The Caelifera are predominantly tropical.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper
Habitat:
Spotted on cassava (Manihot esculenta) in a large semi-urban yard & garden situated next to a disturbed patch of remnant lowland forest. This is in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedNovember 24, 2013
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