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Monkey Grasshopper

Homeomastax dereixi

Description:

Male

Habitat:

Low brushes near streams

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11 Comments

andyarct
andyarct 12 years ago

That's definitely the most beautiful grasshopper I've ever seen! Great photo too!

textless
textless 12 years ago

wow!

ShraddhaGaikwad
ShraddhaGaikwad 12 years ago

Lovely colors!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Colourful and spectacular...!!

HemantKumar
HemantKumar 12 years ago

wow this looks amazing

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 12 years ago

Wow, looks like he got sprayed with a rainbow! What a beautiful grasshopper, and a great shot :) And Susan, that picture looks more like a cricket than a grasshopper. Interesting that it also has rainbow colours!

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 12 years ago

compare to this://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6813273

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 12 years ago

splendid shot! brillant colors

how does something become the spotting of the day? any ideas?
lovely pic by the way :)

peter
peter 12 years ago

Spotting of the day!

"Monkey grasshoppers have extremely long hind legs giving them a powerful leap whenever the need arises."

http://facebook.com/projectnoah/posts/18...
http://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/90...

ReannaDee
ReannaDee 12 years ago

What stunning colors!!

Antioquia, Colombia

Spotted on May 19, 2011
Submitted on May 19, 2011

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