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Female Grasshopper - Arphia sulphurea - female
Copyright © 2008 Tom Bentley

Female Grasshopper - Arphia sulphurea - Female
Spring Green Preserve State Natural Area, Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA
June 7, 2008
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 11 June, 2008 - 10:12pm
Last updated 24 June, 2008 - 2:59pm

Moved
Moved from Arphia.
… Tom Bentley, 24 June, 2008 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

Arphea suphurea
From this angle it's difficult to tell A. sulphurea from A. conspersa, but it looks more like the first. Also, A. sulphurea should be common in your part of the world, and A. conspersa very rare, or more likely not there at all.
… David J. Ferguson, 24 June, 2008 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

 
All we kept seeing were the o
All we kept seeing were the ones with the yellowish wings....just like this one.
… Tom Bentley, 24 June, 2008 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… Tom Bentley, 12 June, 2008 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

Arphia sp.
This is most likely a species of Arphia, probably A. sulphurea. Very fine behavioral shot of her ovipositing.
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 June, 2008 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

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