Titanacris albipes

Titanacris albipes

"Titanacris albipes", the purple-winged grasshopper, is a large species of South American grasshopper in the family Romaleidae. This species lives in the canopy of the Amazon rainforest and also extends into the Cerrado region in gallery forest. It is often attracted to artificial light during the night.
Purple-winged grasshopper - Titanacris albipes This grasshopper is a beast - close to 10 cm long. But, the really cool thing is that its hindwings are purple. I've never spread a grasshopper before, but am going to put this one in a relaxing chamber to see if I can then spread it on at least one side. *Pinned specimen; native to South America Purple-winged grasshopper,Titanacris,Titanacris albipes,grasshopper

Appearance

Adult males are generally 6.5–8 cm long and females 9.5–11 cm long. Both sexes are primarily deep green and most of their wings are uniformly purple, which is conspicuous in flight and separates them from all other "Titanacris" species that have extensive red, orange-red or pink to their wings.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderOrthoptera
FamilyRomaleidae
GenusTitanacris
SpeciesT. albipes
Photographed in
United States of America