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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Bird Grasshoppers (Cyrtacanthacridinae) » Bird Grasshoppers (Schistocerca) » Leather-colored Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca alutacea)
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Grasshopper? - Schistocerca alutacea - male
Copyright © 2009 Dean Marc

Grasshopper? - Schistocerca alutacea - Male
West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
September 12, 2009
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Contributed by Dean Marc on 12 September, 2009 - 2:34pm
Last updated 31 January, 2013 - 10:40am

I'm moving him to the S. alutacea page
but I have to qualify it with "while I'm pretty sure, I'm not positive".

Moved from Bird Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 3 May, 2012 - 12:24am login or register to post comments

This will be either
Schistocerca alutacea or S. obscura. It's very difficult to be certain which with just this angle. A shot from the side; or, perhaps one showing at least the color of the hind tibiae (spined part of the hind leg) better? I'm leaning toward the S. alutacea, based on the coloring, but I'm not sure.

It is a male for sure.
… David J. Ferguson, 26 October, 2009 - 11:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Abigail Parker, 9 October, 2009 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

my money goes on Bird Grasshopper - Schistocerca
Of some kind. Do you have a side view?

click to enlarge
… Andrew Williams, 12 September, 2009 - 3:03pm login or register to post comments

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