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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?
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

 
I appreciate it!
:-)
… Carmen Champagne, 17 November, 2008 - 9:48pm

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