Spotted Locust

Aularches miliaris

Description

Aularches miliaris head and thorax is dark blue with yellow bands under the eyes to the mouth, the abdomen is red with black bands. The legs are dark blue and the femur has yellow serrated pattern. The wings are green-brown with many yellow spots.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

35-52 mm, Wingspan is about 68-100 mm.

Ar

Arboreal

Di

Diurnal

He

Herbivore

Te

Terrestrial

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Insecta

ORDER

:

Orthoptera

FAMILY

:

Pyrgomorphinae

GENUS

:

Aularches

SPECIES

:

Aularches miliaris

Distribution

Aularches miliaris could be found on bushes or grasses on the agricultural area or forest.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Papua New Guinea.

Habits and Lifestyle

Aularches miliaris is colorful to prevent themselves from predator. If disturbed, it squirts viscous bubbly mucus with unpleasant smell from the thorax. This species also can make sharp rasping voice. The movement of this species is slow, that make them easily caught. It jumps in low and doesn’t fly.

Lifestyle

Terestrial, Arboreal

Biome

Tropical rain forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Aularches miliaris is a herbivore (folivore) insect that eats leaves of host tree.

Diet : Herbivore, Folivore

Mating Habits

Aularches miliaris mating on the bushes or grasses, the female then lay the eggs in the moist soil with sufficient sunlight intensity.

Reproduction session : –

Incubation periods : –

Independent age : at birth

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : –

Population

Population status : Not Evaluated (NE)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

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Reference

  1. google.com
  2. wikipedia.org
  3. www.flickr.com
  4. eol.org
  5. inaturalist.org