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Monkey Hopper

Paramastax poecilosoma

Spotting Image 1

Description:

colorful grasshopper, not 100% sure of the genus

Habitat:

cloudforest, 2400m

Notes:

One of the first monkey grasshoppers I spotted in Colombia. Santuario Otun Quimbaya.

1 Species ID Suggestions

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juanmanuel.cardonagranda
juanmanuel.cardonagranda 9 years ago
Monkey hopper
Paramastax poecilosoma species Paramastax poecilosoma Hebard, 1923: Orthoptera Species File


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10 Comments

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Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 9 years ago

Thanks juanmanuel.cardonagranda for the ID.

Diaz José Miguel
Diaz José Miguel 10 years ago

parece ser una ninfa

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Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Thanks Karen.

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KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Great spot Dan!

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Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Thanks Jemma and Rieko.

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Interesting looking.

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Hema Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

cute looking.

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Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Thanks Mona and Lauren. I'd say it was about one inch or a little less.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Beautiful little thing, is it tiny?

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

Nice color :)

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Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Risaralda, Colombia

Spotted on Dec 19, 2012
Submitted on Sep 8, 2013

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