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Grasshopper 2 - Chortophaga australior
Copyright © 2008 Tim Lethbridge

Grasshopper 2 - Chortophaga australior
Lake Placid - Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County, Florida, USA
December 26, 2008
Size: Under 1"
Located in a wide white sandy area. It appeared to have some rear leg damage and clearly was outside its camouflage zone.

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Grasshopper 2 - Chortophaga australior Grasshopper 2 - Chortophaga australior
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Contributed by Tim Lethbridge on 23 March, 2009 - 8:08pm
Last updated 26 March, 2009 - 5:42pm

Chortophaga australior
A young nymph. In my experience they tend to stay mostly in low vegetation (often grass), and mostly avoid open bare ground (of course they do move around a bit, so maybe this one was between clumps of grass?).

Looks like third instar (about half grown), assuming there are five total, and I think it's a girl.
… David J. Ferguson, 25 March, 2009 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
once again for the ID!
… Tim Lethbridge, 26 March, 2009 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

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