Australian alpine grasshopper
insect
Also known as: Kosciuscola tristis
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orthopterans
- In orthopteran: Camouflage
…colour change occurs in an Australian alpine grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis), which lives at above 5,000 feet elevation. The adult male, bright greenish blue on the upper part of its body at temperatures above 25 °C (77 °F), is dull and blackish below 15 °C (59 °F). At intermediate temperatures, correspondingly…
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