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Obscure bird grasshopper - Schistocerca obscura - female
Copyright © 2008 Carmen Champagne

Obscure bird grasshopper - Schistocerca obscura - Female
Athens/ Bishop Park, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
October 5, 2008
I think this grasshopper kind of has the shape of an American bird grasshopper, but the colors are very different. Could it be another species of Schistocerca?
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Contributed by Carmen Champagne on 16 November, 2008 - 5:51pm
Last updated 18 November, 2008 - 11:51am

Schistocerca indeed
It is a female of Schistocerca obscura.
… David J. Ferguson, 17 November, 2008 - 1:20am login or register to post comments

 
I appreciate it!
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… Carmen Champagne, 17 November, 2008 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

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