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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Band-winged Grasshoppers (Oedipodinae) » Trimerotropini » Dissosteira » Carolina Grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)
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Grasshopper nymph - Dissosteira carolina
Copyright © 2008 Sandy Spitalnik

Grasshopper nymph - Dissosteira carolina
Sterling Forest, Tuxedo, Orange County, New York, USA
June 21, 2008
Could this be a Carolina Grasshopper nymph?
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Contributed by Lloyd and Sandy Spitalnik on 5 August, 2008 - 1:53pm
Last updated 22 October, 2009 - 12:58am

4th instar
Next to last. Thought a quick note about it's age might be useful. I also suspect (but can't tell for certain) that it's a male.
… David J. Ferguson, 23 December, 2008 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

I agree.
The "zebra" pattern on the hind legs and the single notch on the pronotal crest (top of thorax) are pretty conclusive for ID.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 September, 2008 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Dissosteira carolina (nymph)
Hi Eric, Thanks so much for the confirmation! Cheers, Sandy&Lloyd
… Lloyd and Sandy Spitalnik, 1 September, 2008 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

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