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Unknown Grasshopper

Spotting Image 1

Description:

Can you help me identify this grasshopper?

Habitat:

Found in a grassy meadow in a mixed conifer forest laced with several small stream. In photo, grasshopper is on a lichen covered boulder.

1 Species ID Suggestions

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James McNair
James McNair 9 years ago
Vagrant Grasshopper
Schistocerca nitens Schistocerca nitens


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2 Comments

Wandering Naturalist
Wandering Naturalist 9 years ago

Thank you James, I'll look into that Genus.

James McNair
James McNair 9 years ago

Looks like a type of Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca sp.)

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Wandering Naturalist
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Wandering Naturalist

New Mexico, USA

Spotted on Aug 3, 2013
Submitted on Aug 28, 2014

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