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Psinidia Amplicornis (Caudell's Longhorn Grasshopper AKA Texas Longhorn Grasshopper) - is an American species of Grasshopper, and this is the closest ID I could find on this little guy! I live in Bangalore, India, and I identified it based on the "blue colored" tibia (hind legs) I spotted on this Grasshopper.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/356210/bgpage

This is quite impossible, considering what ever little information I found online on this species of Grasshopper. If any of you have better information about the species of this Grasshopper, please feel free to update the information accordingly.

Update: After the most recent online research, I have come across two more species of Grasshoppers that closely matches the one in the image above - "Trachyrhachys Kiowa - Kiowa range Grasshopper" and "Metator pardalinus - Blue-legged Grasshopper"

http://bugeric.blogspot.in/2014/07/blue-legged-grasshopper.html
http://bugguide.net/node/view/941782

The search continues.

comments (5)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

They can be tough to identify indeed. I don't really see the blue hind legs on this photo though? Posted 11 years ago
1. Avinash Krishnamurthy
  
  Musk Oxen
  
  Yes, the hind legs are not completely visible in this image, but I have shot several pictures of the same grasshopper which clearly show the blue coloration on the hind legs. How do I share those images with you without posting them in my profile? Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    No worries, I believe you. Perhaps share one more from the different angle on JungleDragon? Posted 11 years ago
  2. Avinash Krishnamurthy
    
    Musk Oxen
    
    Here is a link to one of the images on which we can see the blue colored hind right leg of the grasshopper:
    
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ivuhpythq8sul4/_MG_5568.jpg?dl=0 Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago
  3. 1. Avinash Krishnamurthy
      
      Musk Oxen
      
      Another one:
      
      https://www.dropbox.com/s/cxq5vkkeyhdw19p/_MG_5592.jpg?dl=0 Posted 11 years ago

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