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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Monkey Grasshoppers (Eumastacidae) » Morsea » Tamalpais Monkey Grasshopper (Morsea tamalpaisensis)
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Unusual grasshopper species - Morsea tamalpaisensis - female
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Unusual grasshopper species - Morsea tamalpaisensis - Female
Cupertino Hills, inland chapparal habitat, altitude 500ft., Santa Clara County, California, USA
October 18, 2009
Size: body length ~ 20mm

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Unusual grasshopper species - Morsea tamalpaisensis - female Unusual grasshopper species - Morsea tamalpaisensis - female Unusual grasshopper species - Morsea tamalpaisensis - female
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Contributed by KurtS on 18 October, 2009 - 6:21pm
Last updated 21 December, 2009 - 11:49pm

Moved
Moved from Monkey Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 20 October, 2009 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 18 October, 2009 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

 
I would love to know more about this bug
...it resembles a stick insect. How are they situated on the 'tree of life' in comparison to stick insects?
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 19 October, 2009 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Coincidence
The similarity is largely coincidence. It is no more closely related to stick insects than other grasshoppers are. There is a group of related orders that tend to product long, skinny insects.
… John F. Carr, 20 October, 2009 - 5:45am login or register to post comments

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