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grasshopper 3 - Schistocerca obscura - female
Copyright © 2007 Lee R.

grasshopper 3 - Schistocerca obscura - Female
Cass County, Texas, USA
August 17, 2007
Looking for an ID please.
Contributed by Lee R. on 2 December, 2007 - 6:35pm
Last updated 17 July, 2009 - 9:01pm

Moved
Moved from Bird Grasshoppers.
… john and jane balaban, 30 July, 2008 - 10:26pm

Schistocerca obscura
female. Striking shot!
… David J. Ferguson, 6 January, 2008 - 3:55am

Moved to:
"Bird Grasshopper"
… Lee R., 3 December, 2007 - 4:40pm

Wow.
Fabulous portrait of one of the bird grasshoppers in the genus Schistocerca. Doubt if someone can give you an irrefutable ID to species.
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 December, 2007 - 12:44pm

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