Red, Blue Found in Green Grass - Dictyophorus spumans
Knight is red/blue armour to charm? Found out his main defence is in foaming a toxic secretion to put would be predators off, perhaps a baboon would be tempted eating something like this, notably red colour normally warning signaling imminent danger.
Dictyophorus spumans, the koppie foam grasshopper or rooibaadjie, is a species of grasshopper in the family Pyrgomorphidae indigenous to Africa. The name "foaming grasshopper" derives from the insect's ability to produce a toxic foam from its thoracic glands. It is closely related to Phymateus.
It grows up to a length of 80 millimetres (3.1 in). The neck shield has a warty surface, and their color is highly variable. It is toxic due to the poisons that it sequesters from its diet, which includes a large number of toxic and distasteful plants such as milkweed. [Source]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictyophorus_spumans)
Canon PowerShot SX730 HS f/8 1/40 sec ISO-80
Canon PowerShot SX730 HS f/8 1/40 sec ISO-80
Distinctive Blue head with double red collar giving a distinguished look, wings still out having just landed, rustic apparel, upper thigh legs blue with contrasting red/black below, most birds seeing the red would automatically give this wide berth avoiding danger.
Canon PowerShot SX730 HS f/8 1/30 sec ISO-80
Hidden between tufts of grass not always easy to see them, they tend to enjoy being close to the river since that is where I sighted both the Koppie Foam Grasshoppers, something completely different to what I was looking for.
Thought for Today: A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to the crow. ~ Lesotho proverb
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This insect is very unique and I have never seen this insect and you have managed to get a nice shots ...
thanks for sharing my friend;)
It sat still for a moment @deltasteem with those bright colours, hard to miss him out there.
Lovely shots and a great description Lady Joan.
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Don't see them very often, intriguing little chap Stephen.
Cool! Thanks for sharing.
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Very good shots!
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Wow that is a big beetle and so distinctive with the bright reds
thanks for the info about it, It doesn't look like something I would want to touch but now I know not to LOL
Creepy beauty definitely only something it's mother would love.
Ohh yes thats true but still shows the amazing variety of nature I am sure the bright colors serve the purpose intended
I have never seen such a beautiful insect before. I alway love following your post, keep it up
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Awesome pics! It definitely looks like a king in its habitat. Regards champ!
He is awesome, majestic in his own weird way, lets hope he rules his kingdom better than that ending in GOT....
What an incredible creation!
Quite a beauty to look at, humans could never copy the colours in nature.
That is one wild looking grasshopper!
Don't touch, just look. With red signalling danger, something could go wrong..
That is a very unusual grasshopper and it almost looks like a plastic toy. Amazing our world is with creatures with fascinating colors.
Colours really stand out even though they hide in thick tufts of grass.
Wow! He is a handsome prince isn't he? I wouldn't want to face a human sized one, he looks as though he could hold his own in a fight!
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Could easy put into a movie without using too much imagination.
That's incredible. I've never seen this type of grasshopper. Where are they found?
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African weird and wonderful.
wow that is amazing
I have never saw this type of grasshopper! Wonderful!!
That is the weirdest grasshopper(?) I've ever seen... brrr, it does give me the creeps a bit too....
Big enough not to miss him @bengy
Wow, such color! What a beautiful grasshopper, yet deadly to some. I haven't seen anything like this, ours are generally orange here. Nice shot @joanstewart :)
I would not like to be foamed on by him, seen what frogs can do with foaming... Yuk!
i really did not expect that bugs could be this colorful. Forgive me for being ignorant but, I am the type of person who simply puts "bugs" at the bottom of her list- WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY down there! hahahahahaha
Definitely could not ignore this one with the bright red!
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