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Adult grasshoppers are brown. They goes through several moults with the wings appearing fully at the last moult.
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Grasshopper
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Grasshopper nymph - the wings are just starting to develop.
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Grasshopper on Camellia seed pod.
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Young grasshoppers (nymphs) have no wings
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HEDGE GRASSHOPPER FACTS |
Identification
The adult Hedge Grasshopper is a large pale brown grasshopper. The nymphs start off green, and sometimes have brown and orange patterns, turning brown before the final moult. Adults hibernate over winter.
Size
up to 85mm
Habitat
on foliage of shrubs and trees
Food
feeds on various garden plants such as hibiscus and palms
Breeding
lays eggs that hatch into wingless baby grasshoppers called nymphs.
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Orthoptera | | Family: | Acrididae | | Genus: | Valanga | | Species: | irregularis | | Common Name: | Hedge Grasshopper |
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