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Obscure Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca obscura)
Photo#209391
Copyright © 2008
EclecticNature
Unknown grasshopper -
Schistocerca obscura
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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
.
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David J. Ferguson
, 1 October, 2008 - 12:44am
Schistocerca obscura
Looks like he may have just molted into an adult.
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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.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 4 August, 2008 - 6:10pm