Hooded grasshopper

7058.         Want to know how is it different from grasshopper. What is the special thing near the neck part. Odisha, Dhenkanal. India

Number 7058. This is a so-called ‘hooded grasshopper’ (Orthoptera: Acrididae; Teratodes sp.). They get that name from the shape of their pronotum, which is expanded into a high crest – Click here