Also called Spotted Locust, Spotted Grasshopper. Damages Coconut, arecanut, jack, plantain, tea, cocoa, rubber and many poisonous plants. When disturbed produces a white foul smelling deterrent... :-)
Thirsty LocustIt came down, bobbed its head couple of times, felt the water and then dipped its mouth in to the water. Taken at Chembra, Wayanad, Kerala, India.