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Painted Grasshopper - Dactylotum bicolor
Copyright © 2008 AnthonyGould

Painted Grasshopper - Dactylotum bicolor
Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
August 29, 2008
From the info I've read, I'm guessing it's an adult, but don't know the gender... maybe a male?
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Contributed by AnthonyGould on 30 August, 2008 - 1:31pm
Last updated 30 August, 2008 - 3:46pm

pretty good guessing
It is an adult (easy to tell by looking at the wings), and it is a male (not so easy, because the male parts aren't showing, but the proportions are clearly male).
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