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Desert Clicker Grasshopper

Ligurotettix coquilletti

Description:

several cm long,

Habitat:

on leaf bearing shrub in desert

Notes:

located at night with UV light, calling tick, tick tick, very quietly and few calls in a row, several individuals with one or two per bush

1 Species ID Suggestions

BugEric
BugEric 10 years ago
Desert Clicker Grasshopper
Ligurotettix coquilletti Species Ligurotettix coquilletti - Desert Clicker Grasshopper - BugGuide.Net


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1 Comment

BugEric
BugEric 10 years ago

Male specimen. Hard to spot, though you hear them clearly enough, usually one male to a creosote bush.

Ingrid3
Spotted by
Ingrid3

San Bernardino, California, USA

Spotted on Sep 27, 2013
Submitted on Oct 3, 2013

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