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Awl-shaped Pygmy Grasshopper (Tetrix subulata)
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Copyright © 2015
Joy Markgraf
Pygmy Grasshopper -Tetrix -
Tetrix subulata
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Husum, Klickitat County, Washington, USA
March 10, 2015
This tiny grasshopper was seen sunning on a boulder, near water, in a remnant wetland/prairie.
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Contributed by
Joy Markgraf
on 11 March, 2015 - 11:39am
Last updated 24 December, 2016 - 2:22pm
Moved
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Tetrix
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David J. Ferguson
, 5 June, 2015 - 4:13am
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Need More Photos?
Hi David- I'm seeing lots of pygmy grasshoppers in a Fragrant Popcorn flower patch. Would you like more photos? Joy
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Joy Markgraf
, 5 June, 2015 - 9:08am
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Photos of more individuals
might be interesting, and give a broader idea of the variation that is in the population. You might find more than one species there too.
If you post more, try to get photos from both the side and the top. And, if you're good, the face viewed from head on helps sometimes too (but it's a hard angle to get a good shot of).
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David J. Ferguson
, 6 June, 2015 - 10:25am
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Photos of more individuals
might be interesting, and give a broader idea of the variation that is in the population. You might find more than one species there too.
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David J. Ferguson
, 6 June, 2015 - 10:24am
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The posting of the male from the same place
does raise doubts, so I'll put her back under the genus for now. I may be missing something obvious right now, and a fresh look later on may convince me one way of the other, but for now I'm not sure. The stocky shape looks more like
T. bruneri
, but the smooth graceful lines and relatively high median ridge look a lot like
T. subulata
. And, both species are variable. The two are closely related, very similar, and a short(ish)-winged
S. subulata
can look very much like
T. bruneri
when viewed only from above. The shape of the head is different, but this is not visible from above.
Roughly central Washington into southern British Columbia is the area where short-winged
T. subulata
are most likely to be seen.
Moved from
Brunner Pygmy Grasshopper
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David J. Ferguson
, 14 March, 2015 - 12:16pm
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I believe this is Tetrix bruneri.
It looks too stocky to be
T. subulata
, which is the other most likely candidate.
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David J. Ferguson
, 12 March, 2015 - 4:50pm
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a tetrigid of some sort, probably Tetrix sp
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