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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Melanoplinae) » Hesperotettix genus group » Hesperotettix » Hesperotettix viridis » Snakeweed Grasshopper (Hesperotettix viridis viridis)
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Hesperotettix viridis male - Hesperotettix viridis - male
Copyright © 2009 Lynn Monroe

Hesperotettix viridis male - Hesperotettix viridis - Male
Borrego Springs, San Diego County, California, USA
October 12, 2005
Size: BL ~ 19 mm
this male was photographed on Alkali Goldenbush at the Borrego Sink.

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Hesperotettix viridis male - Hesperotettix viridis - male Aeoloplides tenuipennis male - Hesperotettix viridis - male
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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 28 May, 2009 - 9:59pm
Last updated 3 February, 2010 - 12:43am

Moved
Moved from Purplestriped Grasshopper.
… David J. Ferguson, 30 December, 2009 - 12:26am login or register to post comments

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… David J. Ferguson, 30 May, 2009 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

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… David J. Ferguson, 30 May, 2009 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

This might be
This might be typical subspecies viridis, but I'm not certain, and willI need to check which subspecies name applies to Anza Borego.
… David J. Ferguson, 30 May, 2009 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

this one is actually
Hesperotettix viridis. I tend to think that Aeoloplides and Hesperotettix are close relatives. One clue is the slender hind femur on this one. Also, Hesperotettix species tend to have a rather glossy, almost transparent look, while Aeoloplides are not so. Also, this species is more slender than any of the Aeoloplides species. The external male "terminalia" are very similar. Hesperotettix species tend to be green, but brown individuals are also common in this species.
… David J. Ferguson, 28 May, 2009 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

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