''Dictyophorus spumans'', the koppie foam grasshopper or , is a species of grasshopper in the family Pyrgomorphidae indigenous to Africa. The name "foaming grasshopper" derives from the insect's ability to produce a toxic foam from its thoracic glands. It is closely related to ''Phymateus''.
It grows up to a length of 80 millimetres . The neck shield has a warty surface, and their color is highly variable. It is toxic due to the poisons that it sequesters from its diet, which includes.. more
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Uploaded Mar 21, 2017. Captured Nov 29, 2012 09:33 in C22, Namibia.
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https://www.saltatoria.info/arten%C3%BCbersicht-a-z-species-a-z/dictyophorus-spumans/
http://www.hlasek.com/dictyophorus_spumans_ad6025.html
http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/465441-Phymateus-morbillosus/browse_photos
http://www.ru.ac.za/media/rhodesuniversity/resources/martin/pyrgomorphidae.html Posted 8 years ago