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Pygmy Grasshopper -Tetrix  - Tetrix subulata - female

Pygmy Grasshopper -Tetrix - Tetrix subulata - Female
Husum, Klickitat County, Washington, USA
March 10, 2015
This tiny grasshopper was seen sunning on a boulder, near water, in a remnant wetland/prairie.

Moved
Moved from Tetrix.

 
Need More Photos?
Hi David- I'm seeing lots of pygmy grasshoppers in a Fragrant Popcorn flower patch. Would you like more photos? Joy

 
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).

 
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.

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.

I believe this is Tetrix bruneri.
It looks too stocky to be T. subulata, which is the other most likely candidate.

Moved from Pygmy Grasshoppers.

a tetrigid of some sort, probably Tetrix sp
Moved from ID Request.

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