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Mexican Pygmy Grasshopper ?? - Paratettix mexicanus - female
Copyright © 2008 Dave Beaudette

Mexican Pygmy Grasshopper ?? - Paratettix mexicanus - Female
Near Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
October 22, 2008
Size: unknown
Shoreline of creek in the oak zone. When disturned jumped into creek and swam to the shore. Overall brown/gray with dark blotch on each side of pronotum. Legs banded. Middle femur lobed.

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Mexican Pygmy Grasshopper ?? - Paratettix mexicanus - female Mexican Pygmy Grasshopper ?? - Paratettix mexicanus - female Mexican Pygmy Grasshopper ?? - Paratettix mexicanus - female
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Contributed by Dave Beaudette on 22 October, 2008 - 8:46pm
Last updated 23 October, 2008 - 1:44pm

Paratettix mexicanus
Indeed, that's what it is.
… David J. Ferguson, 23 October, 2008 - 2:00am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Excellant to get the ID of this species. Now to work on aztecus.
… Dave Beaudette, 27 October, 2008 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

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