Rufous-legged Grasshopper

Xenocatantops humilis · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Acrididae

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Rufous-legged Grasshopper
Photo: Samuel GUIRAUDOU, CC BY

The Rufous-legged Grasshopper lives in India, Indo-China, Malaysia (including Java) and Papua New Guinea. Males have short, bilaterally compressed cerci that curve inward at the tip. It goes through about five developmental stages before becoming a winged adult.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The hind femora are relatively slender and show wide black spots on the dorsal side. Male cerci are short, not clearly split at the tip, flattened side-to-side and curve inward.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

This species occurs in India, Indo-China, Malaysia (type locality Java) and Papua New Guinea.

Source: Wikipedia

Life cycle

It passes through roughly five stages before reaching the winged adult form.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range includes India, Indo-China, Malaysia (Java) and Papua New Guinea.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Rufous-legged Grasshopper photo 3
Photo: Keith Mitchell, CC BY
Rufous-legged Grasshopper photo 4
Photo: Vaishnav K V, CC BY-SA
Rufous-legged Grasshopper photo 5
Photo: renjus box, CC BY
Rufous-legged Grasshopper photo 6
Photo: Cheryl Stinchcomb, CC BY

Same family (Acrididae)

Differential GrasshopperDifferential GrasshopperMelanoplus differentialisDamages trees, gardens or cropsTwo-striped GrasshopperTwo-striped GrasshopperMelanoplus bivittatusDamages trees, gardens or cropsCarolina GrasshopperCarolina GrasshopperDissosteira carolinaDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Field GrasshopperCommon Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusEgyptian Bird GrasshopperEgyptian Bird GrasshopperAnacridium aegyptiumGray Bird GrasshopperGray Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca nitensDamages trees, gardens or crops

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenocatantops_humilis

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Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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