Colossopus grandidieri
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| Colossopus grandidieri | |
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| In Parc Mosa, Ifaty, Madagascar | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Conocephalinae |
| Tribe: | Euconchophorini |
| Genus: | Colossopus |
| Species: | C. grandidieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Colossopus grandidieri Saussure, 1899 | |
Colossopus grandidieri[1] is a nocturnal bush cricket endemic to southwestern Madagascar.[2] C. grandidieri appears to be omnivorous and is the only member of its genus that has been bred successfully in captivity, with a diet including leaves, fruit, living and dead insects, and processed food including dog food and fish flakes.