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Saharan Sand Grasshopper

Sphingonotus octofasciatus

About

A pale sandy grasshopper well adapted to life on Saharan sand dunes. It has elongated hind legs for powerful jumps across loose sand.

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Did You Know?

Its color matches the local sand so precisely that different populations on different colored dunes look visibly different.