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Grasshoper. What genus and species? - Schistocerca - female
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Grasshoper. What genus and species? - Schistocerca - Female
Holly Hill, Volusia County, Florida, USA
September 19, 2009
Size: 2 inches
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Contributed by nature boy on 20 September, 2009 - 1:56pm
Last updated 13 October, 2009 - 6:11pm

I've been looking at this one
over and over, and it's difficult. However, based on pattern and proportions, I think S. damnifica is probably correct.

Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 13 October, 2009 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 12 October, 2009 - 9:50am login or register to post comments

looks like a Genus Schistocerca - Bird Grasshopper
to me, though this one looks unfamiliar to me. Let's see what other people think.
EDIT - I think I found it -
Mischievous bird grasshopper - Schistocerca damnifica

… Andrew Williams, 20 September, 2009 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Right and wrong
Definitely a Schistocerca, but this is a specimen that 'just' emerged from the "skin" at the left in the image. So, its pigments have not yet manifested and the exoskeleton is still soft and vulnerable.
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 September, 2009 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

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