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Monkey Grasshoppers - Photo (c) Daniel Vélez, all rights reserved, uploaded by Daniel Vélez C
Monkey Grasshoppers (Family Eumastacidae) Info
Eumastacidae are a family of grasshoppers sometimes known as monkey- or matchstick grasshoppers. They usually have thin legs that are held folded at right angles to the body, sometimes close to the horizontal plane. Many species are wingless and the head is at an angle with the top of the head often jutting above the line of the thorax and abdomen. They have three segmented tarsi and have a short antenna with a knobby organ at... (Wikipedia)
Matchstick Grasshoppers - Photo (c) Felix Fleck, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Felix Fleck CC
Matchstick Grasshoppers (Subfamily Morabinae) Info
Morabinae is a subfamily of grasshoppers, wholly endemic to Australia. Around 240 species of Morabinae are known to exist. (Wikipedia)