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Garden locust (Acanthacris ruficornis)
Not the best photo, as you can see it was quite a distance away.
These grasshoppers are a delicacy in some countries, fried or roasted after the wings and legs have been removed :(
Their hind legs have spines which can break human skin if kicked by these strong insects.
Acanthacris ruficornis is found virtually throughout Africa south of the Sahara. It is eaten as food by people in the northern parts of South Africa (Chesler 1938), as well as in Congo and the Sahel (i.e. the band of arid savannah just south of the Sahara) (van Huis 1996). Pallatable grasshoppers and locusts are normally cooked, fried or roasted, after the legs and wings have been removed. In South Africa it is the common large brown grasshopper found in people's gardens, often referred to erroneously.. more
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