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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Bird Grasshoppers (Cyrtacanthacridinae) » Bird Grasshoppers (Schistocerca) » American Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca americana)
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American Bird Grasshopper - Schistocerca americana
Copyright © 2015 dcslaugh

American Bird Grasshopper - Schistocerca americana
Melbourne Beach, Florida, USA
July 19, 2015
10:29 AM, dunes of beach.
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Contributed by dcslaugh on 25 July, 2015 - 7:18pm
Last updated 6 September, 2015 - 8:56pm

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 4 August, 2015 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

correct
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… David J. Ferguson, 3 August, 2015 - 11:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Coloration question
Is there variance in the darkness of the brown coloration with this bug? Seems I have observed paler ones of this kind too.
… dcslaugh, 3 August, 2015 - 11:57pm login or register to post comments

 
yes indeed
some of them appear almost tan or yellow, because the dark markings are either smaller or are paler and less contrasting (or both). Others appear distinctly reddish.
… David J. Ferguson, 4 August, 2015 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
That makes sense now! It was like that with probably the first two I saw!
… dcslaugh, 4 August, 2015 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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