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Giant Red-Winged Grasshopper (Tropidacris cristata)


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Giant Red-Winged Grasshopper - Tropidacris cristata
South-USA, Mexico, Central-America and northern South-America.

The following 3 subspecies are being recognized:
Tropidacris cristata dux - South-USA, Mexico south to Nicaragua;
Tropidacris cristata cristata - Costa Rica south to Bolivia and Northwest-Brazil;
Tropidacris cristata grandis - East-Brazil.

Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.


Giant Red-Winged GrasshopperTropidacris cristata cristata
Giant Red-Winged Grasshopper
Tropidacris cristata cristata
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