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Omura congrua - male sideview, La Isla Escondida, Colombia The male of this gorgeous and weird species of grasshopper found in La Isla Escondida, Colombia. Here's the female from an earlier observation:<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69546/omura_congrua_-_female_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html" title="Omura congrua - female, La Isla Escondida, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/69546_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=3LWsqJDM7gfj3YPuPK3TVijzBVU%3D" width="116" height="152" alt="Omura congrua - female, La Isla Escondida, Colombia Let's continue our stroll through Colombia's crazy grasshoppers. Here's the leaf-mimicking Omura congrua. This photo shows the female, which is much larger and more colorful than the male. Rotated shot:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69547/omura_congrua_-_female_ii_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br />
The male is smaller and brown:<br />
<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69544/omura_congrua_-_male_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br />
Yet has fancy eyes:<br />
<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69545/omura_congrua_-_male_peeking_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br />
Finally, here's a video of them mating, showing the size difference between sexes:<br />
https://www.videoblocks.com/video/pair-of-green-cryptic-grasshoppers-omura-congrua-mating-on-a-leaf-in-the-rainforest-understory-ecuador-the-male-is-on-top-and-much-smaller-than-the-female-ssvi83wieixxbzuqz Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Isla Escondida,Omura congrua,Putumayo,South America,World" /></a></figure> Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Isla Escondida,Omura congrua,Putumayo,South America,World

Omura congrua - male sideview, La Isla Escondida, Colombia

The male of this gorgeous and weird species of grasshopper found in La Isla Escondida, Colombia. Here's the female from an earlier observation:

Omura congrua - female, La Isla Escondida, Colombia Let's continue our stroll through Colombia's crazy grasshoppers. Here's the leaf-mimicking Omura congrua. This photo shows the female, which is much larger and more colorful than the male. Rotated shot:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69547/omura_congrua_-_female_ii_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br />
The male is smaller and brown:<br />
<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69544/omura_congrua_-_male_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br />
Yet has fancy eyes:<br />
<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69545/omura_congrua_-_male_peeking_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br />
Finally, here's a video of them mating, showing the size difference between sexes:<br />
https://www.videoblocks.com/video/pair-of-green-cryptic-grasshoppers-omura-congrua-mating-on-a-leaf-in-the-rainforest-understory-ecuador-the-male-is-on-top-and-much-smaller-than-the-female-ssvi83wieixxbzuqz Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Isla Escondida,Omura congrua,Putumayo,South America,World

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The Gaudy Grasshopper

Omura congrua is a gaudy grasshopper in the Omura genus.

Similar species: Grasshoppers And Crickets

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Dec 20, 2018. Captured Oct 19, 2018 11:13.

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NIKON D850
f/13.0
1/60s
ISO64
105mm