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Aquatic Pygmy Grasshopper

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About

A remarkable semi-aquatic pygmy grasshopper with paddle-like hind legs used for swimming. It dives and swims underwater to feed on aquatic algae.

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Did You Know?

It is one of the very few grasshoppers in the world that can swim underwater, using its flattened hind legs as paddles.