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Huge grasshopper - Schistocerca americana
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Huge grasshopper - Schistocerca americana
Seven Islands Nature Reserve, Tennessee, USA
August 8, 2008
Size: 4 - 5 inches
Note the spines on the femur.

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Contributed by Wisconsin Oecanthinancy on 11 August, 2008 - 8:55pm
Last updated 12 August, 2008 - 8:08pm

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