4059. SINGAPORE WILDLIFE: DRAFT. The lady fingers plant eating grasshoppers.

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SINGAPORE - 18 Dec 2021: Javanese grasshopper (Valanga nigricornis) in Singapore. Adults are yellowish-brown or yellowish or green with bluish black markings.

A young adult grasshopper grows up to 2.5 inches in length eating the lady fingers plant leaves in a Lentor house garden, after hatching around 4 weeks ago.

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A young adult Javanese Grasshopper in Lentor garden eating 
the leaves of the lady's fingers. 

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A young adult Javanese Grasshopper (Valanga nigricornis)

EARLIER CASES - 

LADIES’ FINGER PLANT EATING GRASSHOPPERS 

https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2021/11/nov-2021-grasshopper-with-glossy-green.html

https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2020/12/3940-nymph-grasshopper-eats-ladyfingers.html

https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2020/10/3412-ladies-fingers-on-17-october.html

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Pseudoxya diminuta nymph (Caelifera)

Pseudoxya diminuta nymph (Caelifera). These grasshoppers are a pest of rice plants.

Two different species of grasshoppers seen in Dec 2020 and Dec 2021
eating the lady's fingers plant leaves in a Lentor garden plot. 

Young adult Javanese Grasshopper (lower image)

Pseudoxya diminuta nymph (Acelifera)(upper image) 

These grasshoppers are a pest of rice plants.

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