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Huge Namibian grasshopper
gedra
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Posted on 04-03-2009 22:09
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I came across this huge (~10cm) grasshopper in the Tsaris mountains in Namibia in August. It might be a flightless species or a nymph - anyone know family/sp.?
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I think a nymph of Pyrgomorphidae.
While others can't climb, using infinite pains,
I, gravity turning to jest,
Ascend, with all ease, perpendicular planes,
Rough or smooth, just as pleases me best.
 
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