Ceracris kiangsuTsai, P. 1929. Jour. Coll. Agric. Tohoku Imp. Univ. 10:140 is a species of grasshoppers in the subfamily Oedipodinae, sometimes called the yellow-spined bamboo locust. It occurs in Indo-China and southern China, where it may become a locally significant agricultural pest. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.
Mud-puddling behaviour has been noted: these insects are attracted to the sodium and ammonium ions in human urine. (2009): Mud-puddling in the yellow-spined bamboo locust, Ceracris kiangsu (Oedipodidae: Orthoptera): Does it detect and prefer salts or nitrogenous compounds from human urine? Journal of Insect Physiology 55(1): 78-84. (HTML abstract) Overwintering as eggs occurs for up to nine months prior to the grasshoppers hatching.
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