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Turmeric Grasshopper

Valanga nigricornis

Notes:

It landed on the back of my car boot before I could load my car for travel.

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5 Comments

scartyscarf
scartyscarf 11 years ago

Thank you ForestDragon, great help ^_^

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

Hi scartyscarf, this is an incredibly beautiful grasshopper!
I have to disagree with the scientific name that has been suggested to you. Melanoplus differentialis (Differential Grasshopper) is only found in North America. The pattern and body shape of your grasshopper is different as well.

I think this most resembles Valanga nigricornis. It has a few different common names: Belalang Kunyit, Yellow Grasshopper and Javanese Grasshopper.
I found photos on Google here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Belalang...
There is a Wikipedia page but it is not in English. http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belalang_ku...

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Nice capture!

scartyscarf
scartyscarf 11 years ago

Thanks Adarsha, had a tough time ID this grasshopper

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Nice spotting...
Scientific name is "Melanoplus differentialis"....so please put that in ID column...

scartyscarf
Spotted by
scartyscarf

Melaka, Malaysia

Spotted on Nov 24, 2012
Submitted on Nov 25, 2012

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