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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Pygmy Grasshoppers (Tetrigidae) » Tetriginae
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Little Grasshopper ID Request
Copyright © 2008 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Little Grasshopper ID Request
Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
July 15, 2008
Cute little bugger.
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Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 25 July, 2008 - 10:43am
Last updated 26 September, 2012 - 9:14pm

Moved
Moved from Tetrix.
… David J. Ferguson, 26 September, 2012 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pygmy Grasshoppers.
… Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City, 10 October, 2008 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

I'll go as far as genus
It looks to be in the genus Tetrix or Paratettix, but I don't think I can get any closer than that with certainty unless I look at a lot more nymphs. It is very young.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 October, 2008 - 4:50pm login or register to post comments

Nymph.
This is a nymph of a grouse locust (aka "pygmy grasshopper," Tetrigidae).
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 July, 2008 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

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