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Grasshopper

Caelifera family

Description:

The grasshopper is an insect of the suborder Caelifera in the order Orthoptera. To distinguish it from bush crickets or katydids, it is sometimes referred to as the short-horned grasshopper. Species that change colour and behaviour at high population densities are called locusts.

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Xanten, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Spotted on Jun 29, 2011
Submitted on Jun 30, 2011

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