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Name latin Proscopia luceomaculata
english Horse Head Grasshopper
Systematics Super-Order Dictyoptera
Order Orthoptera
Family Caelifera
Subfamily Proscopiidae
Tribe Proscopiinae
First Description Author FLOOK
Year 1999
Size

Quotation of Size

The given size is measured from the head to the end of the abdomen, without the wings.

Male ca. 7cm
Female ca. 11cm
Lifespan

Quotation of the Lifespan

The lifespan is given in month and has the following definition:

overall-age ("time between hatching and imago" + "lifespan after the last molting")

Example: 9 (2 + 7) month lifespan
overall-age = 9 month
time between hatching and imago = 2 month
lifespan after the last molting = 7 month

Male 7- 9 months
Female 8- 10 months
Sexing

Sexing

Morphologically differences between male and female.

Male L3 and above: strong green, joints yellow
L5 and above: slimmer than females, essentually stronger coloured, Abdomen- end thickened
Female L3 and above: grey to brown coloured
L5 and above: abdomen thicker than male`s, end of the abdomen straight
Spreading Ecuador
Australia
Australia
Southamerica
Southamerica
Habitat bushes and shrubbes
Aggressiveness none
Colorvariants females: variations of grey and brown
Hint Young nymphs and males jump fast and wide away by interruption, older nymphs and adult females jump rarely.

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