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Green Milkweed Locust

Phymateus leprosus

Description:

Green Milkweed Locust or African Bush Grasshopper, belonging to the family Pyrgomorphidae (Gaudy Grasshoppers), is an African locust about 70 millimetres (2.8 in) long at maturity and capable of long migratory flights. Its body and forewings are green in colour while the hindwings are bright red and blue, presenting a striking appearance in flight. The pronotum, or dorsal area immediately behind the head, is covered in spines or carbuncles which are often tipped with red. The nymphs or hoppers are bright yellow and black and highly gregarious, forming large groups during this growth stage and are more or less polyphagous.

Notes:

Spotted in Wild Spirit Backpackers near Nature's Valley, South Africa.

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Bitou Local Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

Spotted on Nov 27, 2012
Submitted on Nov 16, 2014

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