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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Wallpaper thumb: Chameleon Grasshopper

Chameleon Grasshoppers are so named because of their ability to change colour from black through to green and blue as the temperature rises.

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