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6024680 - Schistocerca nitens
Copyright © 2007 Rob Curtis

6024680 - Schistocerca nitens
Tucson, Arizona, USA
May 26, 2007
Size: <3"
Contributed by Rob Curtis on 6 June, 2008 - 9:10am
Last updated 6 June, 2008 - 4:15pm

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… Tom Bentley, 6 June, 2008 - 4:15pm

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers.
… Rob Curtis, 6 June, 2008 - 10:02am

 
Gray bird grasshopper.
Finally, one that I can positively ID:-) This is a gray bird grasshopper, Schistocerca nitens.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 June, 2008 - 4:08pm

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