Image of Poekilocerus bufonius (Klug 1832)
Description:
Poekilocerus bufonius is a unique, poisonous desert grasshopper. It has a yellow dotted black colour that allerts other animals not to deal with it. This insect eats foliage of poisonous plants like Calotropis procera (apple of Sodom). Here you can see a mating couple on a bark of Callotropis procera.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Hexapoda (hexapods)
- Insecta (insects)
- Pterygota (winged insects)
- Neoptera
- Polyneoptera
- Orthopterida
- Orthoptera (grasshoppers and relatives)
- Caelifera
- Pyrgomorphoidea
- Pyrgomorphidae (gaudy grasshoppers)
- Poekilocerus
- Poekilocerus bufonius
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