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Koppie foam grasshopper

Dictyophorus spumans

Description:

Approx. 5cm long

Habitat:

Coastal fynbos

3 Comments

AdamBT
AdamBT 10 years ago

Thanks Tiz & bayucca!!

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Agree, should be Dictyophorus spumans, nymph.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40325561@N0...
If this is not our very own and famous Dez??
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...
http://media1.mweb.co.za/biodiversity/or...
http://oldsite.david-tyler.com/uploaded_...
WTB have this as Phymateus sp., I will make a comment with the link from this picture.
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/06/i...

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

Poisonous and they seem to come in many different colour setups. The one in the ID suggestion is quite similar to your spottingd, apart from the abdomen.
Hope this helps

Tina

AdamBT
Spotted by
AdamBT

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Spotted on Oct 15, 2013
Submitted on Nov 10, 2013

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