Zonocerus variegatus, the variegated grasshopper, is a species of
grasshopper in the family
Pyrgomorphidae native to tropical western and central Africa. It feeds on a wide variety of plant foods and causes damage to crops, particularly
cassava,
groundnuts and vegetables, as well as transmitting diseases caused by
mosaic viruses between plants. This Z. variegatus grasshopper was photographed in the Bobiri Forest in Ghana.Photograph credit:
Charles James Sharp
Zonocerus variegatus, the variegated grasshopper, is a species of
grasshopper in the family
Pyrgomorphidae native to tropical western and central Africa. It feeds on a wide variety of plant foods and causes damage to crops, particularly
cassava,
groundnuts and vegetables, as well as transmitting diseases caused by
mosaic viruses between plants. This Z. variegatus grasshopper was photographed in the Bobiri Forest in Ghana.Photograph credit:
Charles James Sharp