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Ridgeback Grasshopper

Spharagemon cristatum

Description:

Brownish or grayish grasshopper usually somewhat speckled with darker color, sometimes with indications of broken dark bands across the tegmina. Wings yellow with a bold curving dark cross band that has a spur pointing toward the base.

Habitat:

Roughly south of a line from North Carolina to southeast Colorado, and from the Atlantic coast to the east base of the Rocky Mountains and central Mountains of New Mexico. South well into northeastern Mexico. Sandy areas, often on sand bars of stream beds, near lake shores, in dune areas, along sandy roads or ditch banks, etc. This one was photographed on a sandy road in Edgefield County, SC.

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KenCheeks
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KenCheeks

South Carolina, USA

Spotted on Jun 17, 2012
Submitted on Apr 9, 2013

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