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Rufous-legged grasshopper

Xenocatantops humilis
Eats: PlantsGrasshoppers and cricketsGardens and meadows6 legs

The rufous-legged grasshopper lives in warm parts of Asia and in New Guinea. Its long back legs have wide black spots on top. It grows up step by step until it finally gets wings.

Lives in
India, Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea
Top speed
about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot sting.
What does it eat?
Like other grasshoppers, it munches on leaves and grasses.
For real!Photo of Rufous-legged grasshopper
Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

It goes through about five stages before it becomes a grown-up with wings.

2

Its feelers are long and thin, like threads.

3

The very first one scientists described came from the island of Java.

you asked

Most asked questions about Rufous-legged grasshopper

?Where does the rufous-legged grasshopper live?

In India, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Java and Papua New Guinea.

?When does a grasshopper get its wings?

This one gets them after going through about five growing stages.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Xenocatantops humilis
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Family
Acrididae
Classification
Insecta > Orthoptera > Acrididae
Lives on
Asia, Australia and Oceania

Where the facts come from

  1. Xenocatantops humilis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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