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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) » Obscure Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca obscura)
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Large Grasshopper or Locust? - Schistocerca obscura - male
Copyright © 2009 Amy

Large Grasshopper or Locust? - Schistocerca obscura - Male
Blythewood, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA
October 1, 2009
Size: at least 2 inches
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Contributed by Amy on 28 October, 2009 - 5:00pm
Last updated 13 October, 2017 - 5:41pm

That's what he is.
A bit fuzzy, but I like the way this photo shows the end of the abdomen. The shape of the huge cercus and subgenital plate (some of the "boy" parts) show well.

Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 28 October, 2009 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

not expert, but agree with Schistocerca obscura
Looks like it to me.

… Andrew Williams, 28 October, 2009 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

Genus
Schistocerca? Maybe species obscura?

Wait for an expert though :)
… Andrew Meeds, 28 October, 2009 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

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