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Common gesonula

Gesonula mundata
Eats: PlantsGrasshoppers and cricketsGardens and meadows6 legs

The common gesonula is a grasshopper from warm parts of Asia and the islands of the Pacific. It is a short-horned grasshopper, which means its feelers are short. Like other grasshoppers, it has strong back legs for jumping.

Lives in
Southeast Asia and Oceania
Top speed
about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite people or sting.
What does it eat?
Like other grasshoppers, it chews on leaves and grasses.
For real!Photo of Common gesonula
Picture by Len Worthington. CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

Scientists have found five slightly different forms of it in different places.

2

It was first described by a scientist named Walker in 1870.

3

Short-horned grasshoppers like it hear with little ears on the sides of their body.

you asked

Most asked questions about Common gesonula

?Where does the common gesonula live?

In Southeast Asia and on islands in Oceania.

?Is the common gesonula dangerous?

No. It is a harmless grasshopper.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Gesonula mundata
Named by
Walker, 1870
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Family
Acrididae
Classification
Insecta > Orthoptera > Acrididae
Lives on
Asia, Australia and Oceania

Where the facts come from

  1. Gesonula mundata (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 Len Worthington. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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