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Slant-faced Grasshopper

Description:

This grasshopper is very beautiful with red, yellow, orange, green and black coloring. It was seen several times; in the trees, on the rocks by the river and on a wall by an office. It was 5 to 6 cm long. Family Acrididae, Subfamily Gomphocerinae.

Habitat:

Tropical forest, dry season, Chorreadero Park, 10 km above Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico.

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3 Comments

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 11 years ago

Thank you elaphrus.

elaphrus
elaphrus 11 years ago

Nice photo. I believe this is a Lubber Grasshopper, Romaleidae.

TMetcalf
TMetcalf 11 years ago

Looks like some sort of cricket.

LaurenZarate
Spotted by
LaurenZarate

Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Nov 21, 2012
Submitted on Nov 26, 2012

Spotted for Mission

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