[2] The foam is created by a combination of hemolymph with air from the grasshopper's spiracles.

[3] Its genus Dictyophorus is closely related to Phymateus.

[5] The neck shield has a warty surface, and the grasshopper's colors are highly variable but usually with at least parts that are contrasting and bright.

It is toxic due to the poisons that it sequesters from its diet, which includes a large number of toxic and distasteful plants such as milkweed.

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