This grasshopper, found on Fernandina Island, has leather-like long front wings, and an elongated body. It feeds on leaves and seeds and produces a unique song it hears with an "ear" along the thorax.

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Descriptions and help from:

• Ecuador and its Galapagos Islands
  by David L. Pearson and Les Beletsky
• Galapagos Islands Born of Fire
  by Tui De Roy