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grasshopper in salt marsh on spartina patens, Nags Head, North Carolina - Mermiria intertexta
Copyright © 2005 Matt Windsor

grasshopper in salt marsh on spartina patens, Nags Head, North Carolina - Mermiria intertexta
Nags Head, Dare (northern outer banks) County, North Carolina, USA
October 6, 2005
Size: 2.25 inches
grasshopper in salt marsh on spartina patens, Nags Head, North Carolina
* at rest would raise its legs to almost 90 degree angles to its body
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Contributed by Matt Windsor on 7 October, 2005 - 4:46pm
Last updated 17 August, 2009 - 3:25pm

Moved
Moved from Two-striped Mermiria.
… David J. Ferguson, 17 August, 2009 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

Mermeria sp.
Not a bad shot of a slant-faced grasshopper in the genus Mermeria. They are not easy to catch even with a net, let alone on "film."
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 October, 2005 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

 
slant faced grasshopper
thanks for the reply. Any idea of what it is at the species level?
… Matt Windsor, 8 October, 2005 - 6:59am login or register to post comments

 
M. bivittata
Probably the two-striped Mermeria, M. bivittata.
… Eric R. Eaton, 18 October, 2005 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Definitely Mermiria, but...
This one seems to have a dorsal stripe. That rules out M. bivittata. It has a white stripe on the bottom of the forewing, which suggests M. intertexta. Also, the habitat is more typical of M. intertexta (marshes). Sorry for the late (by two years) response. I just noticed this.
… Ed Corey, 1 September, 2007 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

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