Poekilocerus pictus
Poekilocerus pictus (Painted grasshopper/Aak grasshopper) Classification: Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Orthoptera Suborder Caelifera Family Pyrgomorphidae Sub family Pyrgomorphinae Genus Poekilocerus Species pictus Habitat Poekilocerus pictus (Painted grasshopper/Aak grasshopper) is a huge, beautifully colored grasshopper and lives on a poisonous plant named as Calotropis gigantea (crown leaf) or (Aak plant). These grasshoppers belong to …