Painted Grasshopper

Poekilocerus pictus

"Poekilocerus pictus" is a large brightly colored grasshopper from India. Nymphs of the species are notorious for squirting a jet of liquid up to several inches away when grasped.
Grasshopper(nymph)  Painted Grasshopper,Poekilocerus pictus

Appearance

The half-grown immature form is greenish-yellow with fine black markings and small crimson spots. The mature grasshopper has canary yellow and turquoise stripes on its body, green tegmina with yellow spots, and pale red hind wings.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderOrthoptera
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
GenusPoekilocerus
SpeciesP. pictus
Photographed in
India