Brachystola magna Lubber Grasshopper

A mature lubber grasshopper, Brachystolla magna. It is normal to see large numbers of these heavy, slow-moving insects during the tail end of our monsoon season. Note the tiny vestigial wings – this grasshopper is incapable of flight.

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