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Pauliniidae

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  • Grasshopper
    grasshopper
    / Natural history

    The South American grasshoppers of Pauliniidae spend most of their lives on floating vegetation and actively swim and lay eggs on underwater aquatic plants. Some grasshoppers breed in the Himalayas at altitudes as high as 6,000 meters (about 18,000 feet), and each mountain altitudinal zone has distinctive species (at high…

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    The South American grasshoppers of Pauliniidae spend most of their lives on floating vegetation and actively swim and lay eggs on underwater aquatic plants. Some grasshoppers breed in the Himalayas at altitudes as high as 6,000 meters (about 18,000 feet), and each mountain altitudinal zone has distinctive species (at high…

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