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YELLOW hopper - Schistocerca
Copyright © 2007 Peter Bryant

YELLOW hopper - Schistocerca
San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California, USA
October 7, 2007
Size: 37mm bl
All the nymphs I know about are green. This one is definitely yellow!

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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 7 October, 2007 - 7:15pm
Last updated 12 October, 2007 - 4:03pm

It's a Bird! (I think)
Schistocerca, that is. The eyes! The eyes!

Nice color.
… Ron Hemberger, 7 October, 2007 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Confirmed.
Yes, the striped eyes, and overall appearance of the body, are good clues. Hard to tell what species, but my money would be on S. nitens.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 October, 2007 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

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