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pygmy? - Chortophaga viridifasciata
Copyright © 2005 Alexander Goskowicz

pygmy? - Chortophaga viridifasciata
Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA
August 29, 2005
I tend to find a lot of these rather neat little grasshoppers, I usually find similar ones that are grey instead of green. The best I can guess on this one is a pygmy grasshopper of some sort, but I'm not exactly sure.
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Contributed by Alexander Goskowicz on 1 September, 2005 - 9:46pm
Last updated 15 February, 2008 - 3:00pm

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 February, 2008 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

Babies, not Pygmies
I can't tell you what kind of grasshopper it is, but it definitely looks like a nymph. When grasshoppers hatch out they look like a miniature version of the adult instead of like a worm, as some other types of insects do. They may change color and other features each time they shed their skin (moult) and usually don't have wings until the last time.

I hope someone who knows grasshoppers will come along soon and tell which species they're the nymph of.
… Chuck Entz, 2 September, 2005 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Nymph.
Ah, this looks like a green version of a brown nymph submitted more recently (October, 2005) by Tom Murray. Tends to confirm my suspicion that both are nymphs of Chortophaga viridifasciata, the greenstriped grasshopper.
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 October, 2005 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Chortophaga viridifasciata
Agreed, that's what it is.
… David J. Ferguson, 19 November, 2007 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

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