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Slant-Faced Grasshopper

Subfamily: Gomphocerinae

Description:

Approx 7cm body length. Open wings orange

Habitat:

Beach, at edge of vegetation, near Cano Palma, Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge

Notes:

Sub-family provided by former curator of insects at the Toronto Zoo.

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6 Comments

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

This might be from the Family Pyrgomorphidae….

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 10 years ago

Very cool!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Nice one, I like the blue antennae. Cone headed Grasshopper (Copiphorinae of the Tettigoniidae) ?

What a lovely creature, hope you get an ID, manuelariasarias77.

Diaz José Miguel
Diaz José Miguel 10 years ago

Looks like some kind of Tettigoniidae

Diaz José Miguel
Diaz José Miguel 10 years ago

Great! never seen one of those!

Costa Rica

Spotted on Nov 19, 2013
Submitted on Nov 19, 2013

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