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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Pygmy Grasshoppers (Tetrigidae) » Tetriginae » Paratettix » Mexican Pygmy Grasshopper (Paratettix mexicanus)
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grasshopper - Paratettix mexicanus
Copyright © 2008 Matt Edmonds

grasshopper - Paratettix mexicanus
St. Pete Beach, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
April 30, 2008
Size: 8mm
I think this might be a young grasshopper of the species I posted the other day. http://bugguide.net/node/view/179956
It has yet to be ID'd as well.
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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 3 May, 2008 - 10:59am
Last updated 17 December, 2013 - 6:36pm

Another surprise
I didn't realize how far east P. mexicanus ranges, so hadn't considered it before now. This is clearly this species, and it is a nearly grown nymph.

Moved from Pygmy Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 October, 2008 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

Paratettix
I think. It looks like a nearly mature nymph. P. cucullatus seems most likely to me, based on location and the lobed front and middle femora.
… David J. Ferguson, 7 October, 2008 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
to pygmy grasshopper guide page.
… Lynette Elliott, 4 June, 2008 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

Pygmy grasshopper.
This specimen is a pygmy grasshopper in the family Tetrigidae. I can tell because the pronotum (top of the thorax), extends over the entire abodmen. This one probably 'is' a nymph, but I can't be positive.
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 May, 2008 - 2:14am login or register to post comments

 
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… Sam W. Heads, 4 May, 2008 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks again.
… Matt Edmonds, 4 May, 2008 - 6:48am login or register to post comments

Royalty!
Who would have thought a grasshopper could be so ornate! I don't know what kind it is but it is certainly of royal lineage.
… Carol Davis, 3 May, 2008 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

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