Classification: | Kingdom: Animalia | Phylum: Arthropoda | Class: Insecta | Order: Orthoptera | Family: Acrididae | Genus: Gesonula |

The entire generation of the grasshoppers including different stages of the nymphs can usually be found feeding on the leaves of the Taro plant (Colocasia esculenta).

It took me quite a while to figure out that this grasshopper is Gesonula mundata instead of Oxya japonica. Both of the species look very similar and are usually available in the same location.

Reference:

Tan MK. Orthoptera of the exhumed Bidadari Cemetery, Singapore. Nature in Singapore 2012;5:343-350. | Read article |