Orthoptera: Acrididae

Kosciuscola tristis  

Chameleon Grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis)
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© Vik Dunis 2016
Baw Baw National Park, VIC (Feb, 2016)
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The Chameleon Grasshopper is small but beautiful. The animal's colours change with temperature.

This one was photographed at about 1,470 metres and the temperature was about 14 degrees centigrade.

Chameleon Grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis)

Chameleon Grasshopper

Chameleon Grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis)

Chameleon Grasshopper

Chameleon Grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis)

Chameleon Grasshopper

Chameleon Grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis)

Chameleon Grasshopper

Chameleon Grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis)

Chameleon Grasshopper