Orthoptera of Grazed Thornveld Savanna, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Acrididae: Acridinae


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Genus and Species Sex Description Lateral Dorsal

Acrida acuminata 

Female 
 
Common in thick grass, graminivorous Acrida acuminata Acrida acuminata
Male 
 
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Anaeolopus socius

Female 
 
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Duronia chloronota

Female 
 
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Female 
 
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Gymnobothrus linea - alba I.

Nymph 
 
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Male 
 
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Leva ? callosa

Female 
 
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Orthochtha dasycnemis

Male 
 
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Orthochtha prasina

Female Common in tall grass and Setaria from which it feeds ortpra_l_small.jpg ortpra_d_small.jpg
Male ortpra_l2_small.jpg ortpra_d2_small.jpg
 

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