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Admirable Grasshopper - Syrbula admirabilis - male
Copyright © 2006 Andrew Williams

Admirable Grasshopper - Syrbula admirabilis - Male
Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
August 20, 2006
Syrbula admirabilis
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Contributed by Andrew Williams on 16 May, 2009 - 8:35pm
Last updated 10 August, 2009 - 2:16pm

yes
A very striking one. Probably daddy to some of those millions that swarmed over the Great Plains in 2007.
… David J. Ferguson, 17 May, 2009 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
Thanks for the ID confirm. Hadn't heard about that swarm, but it sounds interesting.
… Andrew Williams, 18 May, 2009 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

 
Mostly they were hiding in prairie grass
so they weren't that noticeable unless you were walking around among them, but at night some of the brighter lights were definitely swarmed with them. As far as I know, they didn't become a problem, except they were competing with the cattle. They were numerous in places I'd never seen them before (such as a number of counties in eastern Colorado).
… David J. Ferguson, 18 May, 2009 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

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