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Grasshoppers, Locusts and allies of South Africa

The Grasshoppers, Locusts and allies of South Africa.

Elegant grasshopper 1
Zonocerus elegans
Koppie Foam Grasshopper 2
Dictyophorus spumans
Common Stick Grasshopper 3
Acrida acuminata
Hoplolopha horrida 4
Hoplolopha asina 5
Garden Locust 6
Acanthacris ruficornis
Leprous Milkweed Locust 7
Phymateus leprosus
Green Milkweed Locust 1
Phymateus viridipes
Table Mountain Rough Restiohopper 8
Betiscoides meridionalis
Desert Locust 9
Schistocerca gregaria
Migratory Locust 10
Locusta migratoria
Brown‐spotted Locust 11
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica
Spine-kneed Grasshopper 12
Oxya hyla
Redwart Milkweed Locust 13
Phymateus baccatus
Slender Green-winged Grasshopper 14
Aiolopus thalassinus
Lamenting Grasshopper 15
Eyprepocnemis plorans
Slender Digging Grasshopper 16
Acrotylus patruelis
Notched Shield Grasshopper 17
Abisares viridipennis
Oraistes luridus 12
Morphacris fasciata 18
Chrotogonus hemipterus 12
Red Milkweed Locust 19
Phymateus morbillosus
Ornithacris cyanea 12
Tricolor Grasshopper 20
Paracinema tricolor
Trilophidia conturbata 12
Senegalese Grasshopper 21
Oedaleus senegalensis
Taphronota calliparea 22
Green tree locust 23
Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa
Tree Locust 24
Anacridium moestum
Shaggy-legged Grasshopper 25
Orthochtha dasycnemis
Red-adorned Grasshopper 26
Maura rubroornata
Toad Grasshopper 27
Trachypetrella anderssonii
Taphronota stali 28
Humbe tenuicornis 25
Silverspotted Bladderhopper 29
Physemacris variolosa
Metaxymecus gracilipes
Paratettix scaber 30
Dasyleurotettix infaustus 31
Phloeonotus humilis 32
Atractomorpha acutipennis 1
Allotriusia luteipennis
Lobosceliana cinerascens
Afroxyrrhepes procera
Catantops melanostictus
Bullacris membracioides 33
Ochrophlebia cafra 34
Acanthoxia gladiator 35
Adephagus cristatus 34
Anaeolopus dorsalis 36
Ascetotettix capensis 37
Toad Grasshopper 38
Batrachotetrix stolli
Bullacris boschimana 39
Bullacris discolor 40
Bullacris intermedia 39
Bullacris obliqua 39
Bullacris serrata 39
Bullacris unicolor 41
Grass-mimicking Grasshopper 30
Cannula gracilis
Charilaus carinatus 42
Kraussaria prasina 43
Brown Locust 41
Locustana pardalina
Red Locust 44
Nomadacris septemfasciata
Ochrophlegma vittifera 1
Paratettix subpustulata 30
Parepistaurus eburlineatus 45
Platypternodes brevipes 30
Plegmapterus fernandezi 5
Pneumora inanis 46
Pnorisa squalus 30
Porthetis carinata 47
Pyrgomorpha granulata 30
Schulthessiella minuta 17
Scintharista magnifica 5
Rock Grasshopper 48
Scintharista saucia
Spathosternum nigrotaeniatum 30
Blue-wing 49
Sphingonotus scabriculus
Sphodromerus gilli 34
Stenothericles orangensis 34
Tettiella odiosa 8
Psychedelic Forbhopper 50
Thericles obtusifrons
Thericlesiella granulata 51
Thericlesiella meridionalis 52
Vitticatantops humeralis 7
Pale-horned Forceps-tailed Grasshopper 25
Acorypha pallidicornis
Truxaloides braziliensis 42
Trachytettix bufo 30
Heteracris calliptamoides 5
Redsaddle Milkweed Locust 53
Phymateus karschi
Hedotettix pulchellus 30
Coptotettix rufipes 54

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