Poekilocerus pictus
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poekilocerus-pictus-289-16220074
title:
Poekilocerus pictus
text:
Poekilocerus pictus, the painted grasshopper, aak grasshopper or ak grasshopper, is a fairly large and brightly coloured species of grasshopper found in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, especially in drier regions. Both adults and nymphs are toxic; the nymphs are notorious for being able to squirt a jet of noxious liquid at up to around 30 cm (1 ft) away when grasped. P. pictus was long regarded as the only Poekilocerus of the Indian subcontinent, but in 2016 a new species, the overall yellowish
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description:
Species of grasshopper
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poekilocerus_pictus
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date modified:
2024-02-23T04:36:08Z
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