Short-horned Grasshopper

Description:

Unidentified Acrididae nymph. "The Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts (swarming grasshoppers) are of the Acrididae." Wikipedia.

Habitat:

This colourful Acridid nymph was spotted on a leaf of Bleeding heart vine (Clerodendrum thomsoniae) in our front garden.

Notes:

Plant identification - http://stuartxchange.org/BleedingHeartVi...