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Unknown grasshoppers. Mating dance? - Dichromorpha viridis - male - female
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Unknown grasshoppers. Mating dance? - Dichromorpha viridis - Male Female
Holly Hill, Volusia County, Florida, USA
August 15, 2009
Size: 1 1/2 inch

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Unknown grasshoppers. Mating dance? - Dichromorpha viridis - male - female Unknown grasshoppers. Mating dance? - Dichromorpha viridis - male - female
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Contributed by nature boy on 3 October, 2009 - 10:34am
Last updated 10 November, 2009 - 11:20pm

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… David J. Ferguson, 10 November, 2009 - 11:20pm login or register to post comments

they are a pair,
but the female is a nymph, so probably not a mating ritual (or the male is robbing the craddle?). They are Dichromorpha viridis.
… David J. Ferguson, 25 October, 2009 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

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