Ceracris kiangsu[1] is a species of grasshoppers in the subfamily
Oedipodinae, sometimes called the yellow-spined bamboo
locust.[2] 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.[3]
Mud-puddling behaviour has been noted: these insects are attracted to the sodium and ammonium ions in human urine.[4]Overwintering as eggs occurs for up to nine months prior to the grasshoppers hatching.[5]
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"Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^Shen, Ke; Wang, Hao-Jie; Shao, Lin; Xiao, Kai; Shu, Jin-Ping; Xu, Tian-Sen & Li, Guo-Qing (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 Physiology55(1): 78-84.
doi:
10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.10.011 (HTML abstract)
^Zhao, Qian; Zhu, Dao-Hong (22 September 2023). "Effects of rapid cold-hardening and cold acclimation on egg survival and cryoprotectant contents in Ceracris kiangsu (Orthoptera: Arcypteridae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America.
doi:
10.1093/aesa/saad028.