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Rainbow Grasshopper

Dactylotum bicolor

Description:

Medium-sized wingless grasshopper. Ornately marked with white, black, orange or red, and blue. Unmistakable.

Habitat:

Found this among herbaceous vegetation in an otherwise very dry agricultural area just off the side of the road.

Notes:

Populations of this species are highly localized.

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8 Comments

OnengDyah
OnengDyah 10 years ago

Very pretty..:)

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 10 years ago

Gorgeous grasshopper. Nice one BugEric

Amazinf capture Bugeric,gorgeous grasshopper,congrats and thanks for sharing

PongWira
PongWira 11 years ago

Great, colourful.

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

What a stunning grasshopper!

AdamBT
AdamBT 11 years ago

Very nice spotting!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wow!!!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

This one is even nicer great spot !

BugEric
Spotted by
BugEric

Colorado, USA

Spotted on Jul 2, 2012
Submitted on Jan 7, 2013

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