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Pygmy Grasshopper

Tetrigidae, subfamily Tetriginae

Description:

Tetriginae (Serville, 1838) of family Tetrigidae. Tetrigidae contains the grouse locusts or pygmy grasshoppers. These are small, usually gray, black, or mottled grasshoppers seldom exceeding 20mm in body length. About 1500 species are known in 255 genera, with the majority of species in the Tetriginae. Most species live on the ground, most often on moist ground or along streams and ponds, where they feed on algae and diatoms. They are mostly of little economic concern, although some species are said to feed on rice.

Habitat:

Backyard, spotted on weed's leaf.

Notes:

Classification: Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods), Class Insecta (Insects), Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids), Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers), Family Tetrigidae (Pygmy Grasshoppers), Subfamily Tetriginae. http://bugguide.net/node/view/199275. Reference: http://what-when-how.com/insects/orthopt..., http://bugguide.net/node/view/106/bgimag.... Related spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/147....

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2 Comments

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago

Thanks Sachin! :)

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

nice find,

Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines

Spotted on Dec 7, 2012
Submitted on Dec 7, 2012

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