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Coffee Locust or Milkweed Grasshopper is one of the members of the family Pyrgomorphidae, commonly called the Toxic Milkweed Grasshoppers because many members of the family feed on milkweed, storing the toxic compounds from the plants in their own bodies as a defense mechanism.
this is my spotting #600
Spotted on Sep 23, 2012
Submitted on Sep 23, 2012
23 Comments
thanks KuheliBD, S Frazier and Adarsha..!
@Adarsha, i saw your mission but mission range doesn't include Sri Lanka!
Please add this colorful grasshopper to this mission...
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1577...
Picture Perfect!
amazing series
Thanks Yuko & Karen!
Awesome spot Nuwan!
Amazing! It almost looks like it's made out of plastic!
thanks Arvin !!
wow! gorgeous!
thanks again :)
Beautiful
thank you Austin !
Very cool colors. Great spot.
:)
:)) thanks again Uday !!
oh i havnt noticed that
congrats nuwan for 600th spotting!
thanks Neil :-)
Congrats on 600 Nuwan! Cool locust.
welcome! :)
thank you Uday !
another great spotting nuwan!
amazing colours
thanks again Lars :)
great again, Nuwan