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Mermiria bivittata bivittata
The two-striped slant-faced grasshopper is a large, long-winged, colorful insect. It has a strongly slanted face; the antennae are ensiform (shaped like a sword blade). A brown stripe beginning behind the compound eye runs along the side of the head and onto the lateral lobe of the pronotum.
Grassland - Tallgrass Prairie Preserve
Spotted on Sep 19, 2008
Submitted on Jan 30, 2012
1 Comment
like his face and colour -nice!