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Brachystola magna
Very large, wingless grasshopper. Varies greatly in color from brown to gray, green, blue, or pink.
Found this among herbaceous vegetation in an otherwise very dry agricultural area just off the side of the road.
Populations of this species have a boom and bust cycle.
Spotted on Jul 2, 2012
Submitted on Jan 7, 2013
2 Comments
Beautiful shot! Looks like it has tattoos all over! ;-)
This one is really beautiful great shot :)