Real Life Cycle of Grasshopper Rice Locust - Oxya chinensis specimen encased in clear lucite material (5 separate blocks). The specimens are crystal clear, indestructible and transparent. Safe, authentic and completely unbreakable product put Grasshopper right at your fingertips!

Anyone can safely explore the Grasshopper from every angle.

It is clear enough for microscope observation.

Size of the lucite block is:

4 pieces- 4.5x3.0x1.6 cm (1.8x1.2x0.6 inch)

1 piece- 8.6x5.6x2.4 cm( 3.4x2.2x0.9 inch)

Each set comes with a cardboard box for easy storage.

Weight of the lucite blocks is 500 g and 700 g with packing box.

It is an ideal learning aid for students and kids and also a very good collectible item for every body.

This is a handmade real animal specimen craft. Each one will be a bit different (specimen size, color and posture) even in the same production batch.
The pictures in the listing are just for reference as we are selling multiple pieces with same pictures.

*** It shows the incomplete metamorphosis life cycle of grasshopper. The immature stages are called nymphs. The nymphs look very similar to adults but lack wings and reproductive structures. Wings develop gradually on the outside of the body. After five nymphal stages, the final moult to adulthood occurs with the expansion of the wings. ***

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Block 1: Eggs

Block 2: Nymph 1

Block 3: Nymph 2

Block 4: Nymph 3

Block 5: Adults

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Grasshopper Rice Locust - Oxya chinensis

Found in eastern Asia, occasionally a serious pest of rice, also attacks other crops

Locust (family Tetrigidae, order Orthoptera) has a distinctive pronotum that extends back over all of the abdomen, often tapering to a point. Females lay eggs in damp soil. Can be found worldwide, mainly in warmer regions. On bare or sparsely covered ground in moist, wooded areas and the edges of bogs and lakes.