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Unknown grasshopper - Schistocerca obscura - male
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Unknown grasshopper - Schistocerca obscura - Male
St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
August 2, 2008
Contributed by EclecticNature on 2 August, 2008 - 9:05pm
Last updated 17 July, 2009 - 8:46pm

Moved
Moved from Bird Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 1 October, 2008 - 12:44am

Schistocerca obscura
Looks like he may have just molted into an adult.
… David J. Ferguson, 1 October, 2008 - 12:34am

Bird grasshopper.
This is one of the "bird grasshoppers" in the genus Schistocerca. At least two or three species look just like this. This individual may have just molted, as it is still rather pale; and they often adopt a hanging posture like this while they dry out.
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 August, 2008 - 6:10pm

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