Abstract
Over 200 species of plants were tested for their acceptability to morabine grasshoppers
(Orthoptera: Eumastacidae) living in the habitat with the plant. The
characteristic colour produced by each plant in the ileal diverticula of each morabine
species was recorded, so that by comparison with the colours of the diverticula of
grasshoppers dissected in the field, their natural foodplants could be estimated.
Morabines can survive up to 14 days without food if water is available; they are
polyphagous and also need certain plants as shelter. Where small ephemeral plants
are available, morabines often feed on them, reverting to larger perennial species as
need arises.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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12 articles.
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