Purple Lubber Grasshopper (Taeniopoda reticulata), Tortuguero, Costa Rica

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Taeniopoda reticulata is a purplish grasshopper that has red antennas and is about 2 inches long. This individual was at least 4 inches however. It has black stripes leave like pattern on wings coverings, legs and body. A bright crimson red on wings is displayed, it has eyed like pattern when both wings are opened on flight as a defense mechanism. In Costa Rica is more often seen from early June to July at its nymphal stage to fully matured, crawling around the banana plantations on the Caribbean slope.

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Location: Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Photo credit: © Adrian Weston / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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