Leprous Grasshopper ( or Green Milkweed Locust )

also called Bush Locust or Toxic Milkweed Locust.

Eastern Cape, South Africa

 

phymateus leprosus

kegelkopsprinkhaan

 

Apparently this species is toxic when digested.

When it feels threatened it produces a foul smelling foam.

 

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