African Armoured Cricket

Description:

Some sort of Armoured Cricket. I don't think it's the discoidalis species because it's so brightly colored. Acanthoplus discoidalis are very common (pests) in southern Africa. For defense they have powerful biting jaws and are capable of squirting blood at attackers. People try to keep them for pets in other countries (http://www.exotic-pets.co.uk/african-arm...) --but be careful they resort to canabalism when their protein and salt levels are low and have an EAR piercing chirp. We call these "Fire alarm bugs"