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Long-horned Grasshopper
Photo: C & D Frith
Australian Tropical Rainforest Life
Long-horned Grasshopper: Phyllophora species
This insect has a bright green body and finely veined leaf-like wings.
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This provides effective camouflage amongst leafy vegetation, on which the
grasshopper also feeds.
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This Long-horned Grasshopper belongs to a group of insects called
'tettigonids'
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In this group there are some 5000 species on earth,
including
the true grasshoppers, crickets and locusts.
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