There are so many grasshoppers in Africa and variegated Grasshopper is one of them.
Grasshopper,the Army Soldiers
They are dark green with yellow, black and orange marking on their bodies. They have black with yellow markings on the body, legs and antenna and wing pads.
They feed on a variety of plants, especially cassava leafs, causing defoliation in severe cases and chewing stems, debarking it.
Variegated Grasshopper trying to destroy the cassava plant
They lay many eggs on the surface of the soil in the shade under evergreen plants, usually outside cassava fields. Eggs are laid in masses of froth, which harden to form sponge-like packets, known as egg pods, which look like tiny groundnut pods. Eggs start to hatch at the beginning of the main dry season.
