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Mating Hoppers 1

Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oxyinae
Species: Oxya hyla intricata (Stål, 1861)

Location: Mamam Campsite, Pulau Ubin

Grasshoppers are herbivorous insects of the suborder Caelifera in the order Orthoptera. Females are normally larger than males, with short ovipositors. After mating with a male grasshopper, a female lays about 120 eggs. The eggs are held together by sticky stuff from inside the female's body. A group of eggs is called a pod.
Acrididae, Oxyinae, Oxya hyla intricata, grasshopper

Mating Hoppers 1

Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oxyinae
Species: Oxya hyla intricata (Stål, 1861)

Location: Mamam Campsite, Pulau Ubin

Grasshoppers are herbivorous insects of the suborder Caelifera in the order Orthoptera. Females are normally larger than males, with short ovipositors. After mating with a male grasshopper, a female lays about 120 eggs. The eggs are held together by sticky stuff from inside the female's body. A group of eggs is called a pod.