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Large colorful/black grasshopper, Inírida, Colombia Closeup:<br />
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Found this one only a meter away:<br />
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<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/50360/large_colorfulgreen_grasshopper_inrida_colombia.html" title="Large colorful/green grasshopper, Inírida, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/50360_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=YngFJ3YBYN33RFUz5dofWFK%2Fm6Y%3D" width="200" height="142" alt="Large colorful/green grasshopper, Inírida, Colombia Closeup:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/50362/large_colorfulgreen_grasshopper_-_closeup_inrida_colombia.html<br />
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Found this one only a meter away:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/50363/large_colorfulblack_grasshopper_inrida_colombia.html Blue-winged grasshopper,Colombia,Guainía,Inírida,South America,Tropidacris collaris,World" /></a></figure> Blue-winged grasshopper,Colombia,Guainía,Inírida,South America,Tropidacris collaris,World

Large colorful/black grasshopper, Inírida, Colombia

Closeup:

Large colorful/black grasshopper - closeup, Inírida, Colombia https://www.jungledragon.com/image/50363/large_colorfulblack_grasshopper_inrida_colombia.html Blue-winged grasshopper,Colombia,Guainía,Inírida,South America,Tropidacris collaris,World

Found this one only a meter away:

Large colorful/green grasshopper, Inírida, Colombia Closeup:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/50362/large_colorfulgreen_grasshopper_-_closeup_inrida_colombia.html<br />
<br />
Found this one only a meter away:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/50363/large_colorfulblack_grasshopper_inrida_colombia.html Blue-winged grasshopper,Colombia,Guainía,Inírida,South America,Tropidacris collaris,World

comments (6)

WildFlower

Lion

These are probably different stages of Tropidacris collaris.
https://www.saltatoria.info/haltung-und-zucht/species-a-z/tropidacris-collaris/
http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimages/id395825/?type=1
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143378719@N02/32238102403/in/photostream/ Posted 8 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  And another flashback, thanks! Posted 8 years ago

Claire Hamilton

Lion

Wow, what a beauty!!! Posted 8 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  They really are quite extravagant, huge difference also between the two, not sure if its based on stage or gender. Posted 8 years ago

John Sullivan

Lion

Wonderful photo! Posted 8 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks, John! Got good conditions: full light and they sit very still. Posted 8 years ago

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The Blue-winged grasshopper

Tropidacris collaris is a large South American species of grasshopper described by Stoll, 1813.

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Similar species: Grasshoppers And Crickets

Species identified by DanielNelson

By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded May 12, 2017. Captured Oct 21, 2016 11:12.

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