Dictyophorus spumans
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| Dictyophorus spumans (Thunberg, 1787)
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Dictyophorus spumans, the koppie foam grasshopper or rooibaadjie is a species of grasshopper in the family Pyrgomorphidae indigenous to South Africa. It grows up to a length of 80 millimetres (3.1 in), and is toxic because it sequesters poisons from its diet, which includes a large number of toxic and distasteful plants such as milkweed.[1]
The name "foaming grasshopper" derives from the insect's ability to produce a toxic foam from its thoracic glands. The neck shield has a warty surface.
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A bi-coloured adult
References
- ^ Mike Picker, Charles Griffiths & Alan Weaving (2004). Field guide to insects of South Africa. Struik. ISBN 978-1-77007-061-5.
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