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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) » Spotted Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca lineata) » "venusta" type (Schistocerca lineata "venusta" type)

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Grasshopper - Schistocerca lineata -

Zion National Park, Springdale, Washington County, Utah, USA
October 11, 2005
Size: 2-1/2"

This grasshopper was photographed on the Observation Point Trail. Genus & species please.

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Contributed by jwb592002 on 18 November, 2009 - 11:38am
Last updated 12 October, 2011 - 8:20pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Tim Loh, 28 November, 2009 - 2:37am

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It is amazing

what injuries insects can survive. If that was a vertebrate the brain damage would have been fatal, but this girl may have lived a normal life after the injury. She was Schistocerca lineata of the green type ("venusta") that is common west from the Rockies. The authors that have dealt with these don't all treat them the same, so the names are a bit confused in books right now. As for surviving late; yes, many grasshoppers will live until freezing weather kills them, and in mild climates, it's not unusual to see them into November, December, or sometimes even later.

… David J. Ferguson, 18 November, 2009 - 8:12pm

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Thank you very much! Jim

Thank you very much! Jim

… jwb592002, 19 November, 2009 - 12:50pm

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Bird grasshopper.

This is a bird grasshopper in the genus Schistocerca. Not sure which species range into Utah...There is some obvious and severe damage to the head of this specimen. Was it dead when photographed?

… Eric R. Eaton, 18 November, 2009 - 11:42am

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It's been a long time, but I'

It's been a long time, but I'm sure it was alive and moving when I took the photo. Could it be the photo that's the problem? It looks like it's head is tucked under and it is looking back toward its feet. Also it's pretty late in the year for this elevation - do they die off when it gets too cold for them to function? Thank you! Jim

… jwb592002, 18 November, 2009 - 11:48am

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