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Chortophaga viridifasciata
A sweet-looking, good sized grasshopper.
Yeah they're here now! never seen one like it, was really surprised. :) thanks for the info.
Hi Joshua, nice series! Now, I know the range for this species isn't supposed to reach California but I don't think there is any other species of grasshopper this could be (they are one of my favorites!). I think yours is an adult female green phase. She looks like this:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/184091
I saw both brown and green nymphs of this species last summer here in NY. They are super cute nymphs (in my opinion): http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/148...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/139...
You might want to consider submitting this to Bugguide.net. They don't have any records of them occuring in California and they could verify the species.
Spotted on Mar 24, 2013
Submitted on Mar 24, 2013
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