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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Lubber Grasshoppers (Romaleidae) » Brachystola » Plains Lubber Grasshopper (Brachystola magna)
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Unknown Insect - Brachystola magna - male
Copyright © 2008 Paul Carlson

Unknown Insect - Brachystola magna - Male
Pawnee Grasslands, Weld County, Colorado, USA
September 17, 2008
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on 18 September, 2008 - 10:33am
Last updated 18 December, 2008 - 6:15pm

Plains lubber grasshopper.
This is a "plains lubber grasshopper," aka the "homesteader," Brachystola magna. Not uncommon, but highly variable in coloration and markings. This could well be an adult specimen, as they are essentially wingless.
… Eric R. Eaton, 18 September, 2008 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Eric!
I moved the image to Brachystola magna.
… Paul Carlson, 18 September, 2008 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

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