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| Name | latin |
Proscopia scabra |
| english |
Horse Head Grasshopper |
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| | Systematics | Super-Order |
Dictyoptera |
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Orthoptera |
| Family |
Caelifera |
| Subfamily |
Proscopiidae |
| Tribe |
Proscopiinae |
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| | First Description | Author |
KLUG |
| Year |
1820 |
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| Size
Quotation of Size
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The given size is measured from the head to the end of the abdomen, without the wings.
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| Male |
ca. 9cm |
| Female |
ca. 14cm- 15cm |
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| Lifespan
Quotation of the Lifespan
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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
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| Male |
7 (3 + 4) months |
| Female |
12 (4 + 8) months |
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| Sexing
Sexing
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Morphologically differences between male and female.
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| Male |
L3 and above: thinner than females, wart- like thickened at the abdomen- end, greenish coloured, joints with yellow spots
adult: very thin body, strong green, yellow spots at joints and mouth |
| Female |
L4 and above: more compact than males, grey- green coloured, no yellow spots
adult: more compact and bigger than males, grey- green- mustered |
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| | | | | Spreading | Brazil |
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| Southamerica |
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| | Habitat | bushes, shrubbes |
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| | Aggressiveness | none |
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| | Colorvariants | females: shades of grey, brown and green
males: shades of green, sometimes yellowish |
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| | Hint | Young nymphs and males jump fast and wide away by interruption, older nymphs and adult females jump rarely. |
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