Abracris flavolineata
Insecta
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Annual
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Tropical forest
- Range
- The Americas
- Movement
- Hopping
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Uncommon
About
Abracris flavolineata, also known as the Short-horned Grasshopper, lives in southern North America, Central America, and South America. This insect can fly backward, but it can only move backward in short hops of two feet.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
- 2.juvenileAn immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
- 3.subadultA near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
- 4.adultFully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Acrididae
- Genus
- Abracris
- Species
- Abracris flavolineata