Chromacris psittacus is a species of grasshopper from the genus Chromacris.[1][2] Nymphs are red and black in coloration, and often remain in groups, both traits that increase their aposematic signaling to predators. Adults have orange hind wings that similarly function to surprise predators. [3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Romaleidae |
| Genus: | Chromacris |
| Species: | C. psittacus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chromacris psittacus (Gerstaecker, 1873)
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References
edit- ^ Godman, Frederick Du Cane; Horman-Fisher, Maud; Knight, H.; Salvin, Osbert; Saunders, G. S.; Schlereth, M. v; Sharp, M. A.; Wilson, Edwin; Wulp, F. M. van der (1900). Biologia Centrali-Americana :zoology, botany and archaeology. Vol. 2. [London: Published for the editors by R. H. Porter].
- ^ "Chromacris psittacus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ^ Despland, Emma (20 August 2020). "Ontogenetic shift from aposematism and gregariousness to crypsis in a Romaleid grasshopper". PLOS ONE. 15 (8): e0237594. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1537594D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0237594. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7444530. PMID 32817631.
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