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An unidentified (short-horned) grasshopper, an insect of the suborder Caelifera in the order Orthoptera. This specimen is unhealthy, infested with a possible fungus (white specks) but still alive (moved from vegetation to fence while photographing).
Spotted in a large semi-urban yard & garden situated next to a disturbed patch of remnant lowland forest, in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.
Spotted on Feb 7, 2013
Submitted on May 28, 2013
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