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Rock Grasshopper (Conistica saucia) Medium to large with brilliant red hind wings seen in flight.
Blue-wing (Sphingonotus scabriculus) Medium size 25 - 35mm body length. Wings dark blue in flight. Found in open stony ground with sparse vegetation.
Blue-wing (Sphingonotus scabriculus)
Common Stick Grasshopper (Acrida acuminata) feeds on grass a variety of grasses. Large - body length about 50 - 60mm.
Common Stick Grasshopper (Acrida acuminata)
Yellow wings (Oedaleus nigrofasciatus) feed on short grasses in open sandy soil areas. Small 20mm body length.
Koppie Foam Grasshopper (Dictyophorus spumans) feeds on milkweeds and stores cardiac glycosides as a defence deterant. It is flightless, and large about 100mm in length.
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