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Giant Grasshopper

Valanga irregularis

Description:

This grasshopper was almost 10cm in length. It had been feeding on my Pink Evodia (Melicope elleryana) for days & had a healthy appetite for the leaves.

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7 Comments

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 10 years ago

Thank you M Fortune! Mine is more luck than anything :) Thanks

M Fortune
M Fortune 10 years ago

Excellent macro!

ShannaB
ShannaB 11 years ago

Here it is Leanne, it's turned into a monster! http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/194...

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

Take photos Shanna! ;)

ShannaB
ShannaB 11 years ago

The fully-grown ones give me the heebies. Even the nymphs give me the heebies. There's a green nymph eating my bay tree at the moment... not sure what to do about it...!!

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

Thank you Maria :)

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Really nice spotting, Leanne!

LeanneGardner
Spotted by
LeanneGardner

Mackay, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Feb 10, 2013
Submitted on Feb 27, 2013

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