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Paraproscopia riedei - male, Colombia, Colombia Here we witness the reproductive strategy of Neotropical Stick Grasshoppers: they look so ridiculous that no predator can take them serious, creating a time window to produce offspring, named weirdlings.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/143817/paraproscopia_riedei_-_mating_colombia_colombia.html" title="Paraproscopia riedei - mating, Colombia, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/143817_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=sE4215gPq3GUiIR9ZhB5K5Lrg4o%3D" width="130" height="152" alt="Paraproscopia riedei - mating, Colombia, Colombia Here we witness the reproductive strategy of Neotropical Stick Grasshoppers: they look so ridiculous that no predator can take them serious, creating a time window to produce offspring, named weirdlings.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/143818/paraproscopia_riedei_-_female_colombia_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/143819/paraproscopia_riedei_-_male_colombia_colombia.html Amazon,Caquet&aacute;,Colombia,Colombia 2022,Geotagged,Paraproscopia riedei,Peregrinos,South America,Winter,World" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/143818/paraproscopia_riedei_-_female_colombia_colombia.html" title="Paraproscopia riedei - female, Colombia, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/143818_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=wmTliyXu1GjYAyn%2FNPImAEAsSCY%3D" width="144" height="152" alt="Paraproscopia riedei - female, Colombia, Colombia Here we witness the reproductive strategy of Neotropical Stick Grasshoppers: they look so ridiculous that no predator can take them serious, creating a time window to produce offspring, named weirdlings.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/143817/paraproscopia_riedei_-_mating_colombia_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/143819/paraproscopia_riedei_-_male_colombia_colombia.html Amazon,Caquet&aacute;,Colombia,Colombia 2022,Geotagged,Paraproscopia riedei,Peregrinos,South America,Winter,World" /></a></figure> Amazon,Caquetá,Colombia,Colombia 2022,Geotagged,Paraproscopia riedei,Peregrinos,South America,Winter,World Click/tap to enlarge

Paraproscopia riedei - male, Colombia, Colombia

Here we witness the reproductive strategy of Neotropical Stick Grasshoppers: they look so ridiculous that no predator can take them serious, creating a time window to produce offspring, named weirdlings.

Paraproscopia riedei - mating, Colombia, Colombia Here we witness the reproductive strategy of Neotropical Stick Grasshoppers: they look so ridiculous that no predator can take them serious, creating a time window to produce offspring, named weirdlings.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/143818/paraproscopia_riedei_-_female_colombia_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/143819/paraproscopia_riedei_-_male_colombia_colombia.html Amazon,Caquetá,Colombia,Colombia 2022,Geotagged,Paraproscopia riedei,Peregrinos,South America,Winter,World

Paraproscopia riedei - female, Colombia, Colombia Here we witness the reproductive strategy of Neotropical Stick Grasshoppers: they look so ridiculous that no predator can take them serious, creating a time window to produce offspring, named weirdlings.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/143817/paraproscopia_riedei_-_mating_colombia_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/143819/paraproscopia_riedei_-_male_colombia_colombia.html Amazon,Caquetá,Colombia,Colombia 2022,Geotagged,Paraproscopia riedei,Peregrinos,South America,Winter,World

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    Christine Young
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    He looks happy, lol. Posted 2 years ago

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The Paraproscopia riedei

Paraproscopia riedei is a neotropical stick grasshopper in the Paraproscopia genus.

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Similar species: Grasshoppers And Crickets
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Dec 2, 2022. Captured Sep 9, 2022 20:57 in 67F7XC3F+74.
country flag of Colombia Explore Colombia 8,334 2,805 0
  • NIKON D850
  • f/16.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO400
  • 105mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.