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Short-horned Grasshoppers

Acrididae

Description:

Green beauty belongs to family of Acrididae, predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. Crididae grasshoppers are characterized by relatively short and stout antennae, and tympana on the side of the first abdominal segment.

Notes:

The name Acrididae is derived from Greek akris, meaning locust.

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12 Comments

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

KuheliBD : Thank you :)

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@Namita : Yes it is.thank u.

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Is it Aptenopedes aptera?(Wingless florida grosshopper )?

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@Nuwan : But this one differs from all other categories of Acrididae. Specific name still unknown !!!!

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@Nuwan : Yeah...u r right.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

member of family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrididae

namita.joseph.3
namita.joseph.3 11 years ago

green beauty...... gr8!!!!

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@NuwanChaturanga : Thank you ...have any idea of its ID ??

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

nice spot !

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

@Sumukha ; Thank you :)

KuheliBD
KuheliBD 11 years ago

excellent..

Sumukha Javagal
Sumukha Javagal 11 years ago

Super..!!

Adarsha B S
Spotted by
Adarsha B S

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Sep 20, 2012
Submitted on Sep 29, 2012

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