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Aularches miliaris miliaris  (Linnaeus, 1758)


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Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Pyrgomorphinae​
Tribe: Taphronotini
Genus: Aularches
Species: miliaris
Subspecies: miliaris


  • Common names: Coffee locust, Ghost Grasshopper, Northern Spotted Grasshopper, Foam Grasshopper (English), ตั๊กแตนผี (Thai).
  • Distribution: Asia-Tropical
  • Image locations: Chiang Mai (Doi Suthep-Pui N.P.)
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  • Additional notes: When A. miliaris (of either sex) is disturbed or grabbed, it emits a sharp rasping noise from its thoracic segments. If its thorax is pinched, it also squirts a clear viscous mucus with unpleasant smell and a bitter taste, faintly alkaline, with many embedded bubbles. This foam comes out as a strong jet from apertures in the thorax, and more gently from other openings in the body (ten in total); it heaps up around the insect and partly covers it.
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Image locations

Images of Aularches miliaris miliaris from Thailand.
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Aularches miliaris miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Chiang Mai
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Aularches miliaris miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) nymph, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Chiang Mai
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Aularches miliaris miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) nymph, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Chiang Mai
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Aularches miliaris miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) nymph, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Chiang Mai
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Aularches miliaris miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) nymph, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Chiang Mai
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Aularches miliaris miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) nymph, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Chiang Mai
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Aularches miliaris miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) nymph, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Chiang Mai

References: 
Orthoptera Species File
​THE LIQUID-SQUIRTING HABIT OF ORIENTAL GRASSHOPPERS, Major R. W. G. Hingston I.M.S. - Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London > Vol 75 Issue 1


Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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