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Dichromorpha viridis
Medium sized , solid bright green short winged grasshopper.
Lush, weedy or grassy areas.
Spotted on Jun 8, 2015
Submitted on Jun 20, 2015
1 Comment
Nice grasshopper nymph. I believe this is a different species than Dichromorpha viridis. The shape of the body/thorax, plus the vertical lines on the eyes make me think this is a Bird Grasshopper, genus Schistocerca.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/336/bgpage...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/9031